when using it, is that when we use
it, we are still within the same
timeframe.
We can say ‘This morning I
have….’ but only if it’s still this
morning.
Spanish
pretérito indicativo
pretérito imperfecto
pretérito perfecto
pretérito pluscuamper-
fecto
pretérito anterior
English
preterite / simple
past
imperfect
present perfect
pluperfect / past
perfect
past anterior
present perfect. It’s very easy to
form, & incredibly useful.
I call it the ‘have done something’
tense. It uses the present tense of
‘haber’ with the past participle.
We use it to say what we have
done this morning, this afternoon,
today, this week, this year, even
within this lifetime.
The important thing to remember
If it’s the afternoon when you
want to say what happened this
morning, you need the simple
past…or say ‘today’ & use the
present perfect.
Hoy, he hablado con mi hija.
Today I have spoken to my
daughter.
No hemos ido a Valencia este año.
We haven’t been to Valencia this
year.
Nunca han comido caracoles
en la vida. They have never
eaten snails in their life.
The
present perfect cannot