Forming the PRESENT PERFECT in Spanish (PRESENTE PERFECTO)

A quick tutorial on how to conjugate (form) the present perfect in Spanish. This involves using the auxiliary verb HABER (to have) and a PAST PARTICIPLE (cerrado, dormido, vivido, abierto).

[@lt_davis]

I just learned more in 5 minutes than I did in 4 1/2 hours in school for the week. Keep up the good work Maestro!

[@eileenc65]

Preach

[@Godslar]

Exfuckingcactly

[@willtabacchi1408]

Every time I review this topic I can not help but wonder why doesn't Maestro mention this tense is really past tense?

[@brendacervantes2886]

Spanish was my major at the university and I lived in Mexico for 7 years. I really appreciate your teaching style. I hope many learners find you here online!!! Great!

[@DnRprodxIL]

It's almost like I learn MORE when taught in the language I KNOW first. THEN I can apply that knowledge in the secondary language. Crazy how that works.

[@shaistello9786]

omg

[@KozyKevv]

YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEACHER

[@MaestroKaplan]

Kevin Cha Gracias Kevin. Suerte con las clases de español.

[@clairepare2079]

Wow! thank you so much! I could not understand the Present Perfecto until I watched this! so grateful...

[@13Ravioli]

YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH!!!!!!
I'lll pass my test tomorrow!!!
THANK YOU!!!

[@MaestroKaplan]

13Ravioli I hope you get an A.

[@Swishndish1]

did u pass? lmaoooo

[@rohudaboss4060]

@@Swishndish1 bruh it was 6 years ago

[@raresdraghici5033]

@@rohudaboss4060 ok? But did they pass though?

[@SpectreNDN]

@@raresdraghici5033 LMAOOO

[@lynnlayfield1466]

¡Muchas gracias! ¡Sus vídeos me han ayudado mucho!

[@MaestroKaplan]

Lynn Layfield Que bien. Espero que sigas viendo los videos y hablando mucho español.

[@alexalfonse8409]

I learned so much in 10 minutes between the 2 videos then I have in 2 weeks of spanish, thank you!

[@kyliebobertz6138]

you helped so much! Thank you!! you're a great teacher!!

[@cbsteffen]

In Old Spanish (español antiguo), past participles in the present perfect used to agree in gender and number of the direct object in any sentence.

[@alphafox1307]

which one is correct for saying "has been exposed to "
ha sido expuesta la
ha sido expuesto la

[@lukeisdigital]

Ok, great! I've been using Quicktime's screen capture feature to record an MS Word document as I edit/talk through a grammar concept (in English/Language Arts). Thanks so much for the ideas; I'll have to try this one out! Best, Luke

[@kituahh]

ur the best

[@eileenc65]

I have Spanish midterms and this helped me understand this so much better! Thanks

[@lydiag.9730]

Thanks ! This really cleared some thing up for me . :)

[@MaestroKaplan]

Lydia Goodwin Glad it could help. Good luck with your test.

[@CodakkYT]

Thanks

[@MaestroKaplan]

If you want some practice, check out the following exercises from Schaum's Spanish Grammar 6th edition (amzn.to/2fdDd0e) Chapter 3, exercises 123, 124, 125, 126
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[@NJH-mt2ck]

Great vidoeo Thank you so much!

[@inanahmedan6550]

such a great video

[@karenquezada6127]

Great video!! thanks so much!

[@emzy1480]

perfecto!

[@justinc6861]

Thank you great maestro big help!

[@MaestroKaplan]

@Luke / I write on a SmartBoard. I change the default background from white to black. SB has a built in screen capture program to record. I use a USB head set for my voice and position the arm to record by my voice and the noises from the board. If I didn't have access to a SmartBoard, I would use a Wacom Bamboo Tablet to write (like Kahn Academy) and then a screen capture program like Camtasia, screencast or jing to record the video. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.

[@williamjordan6603]

I have a test tomorrow and I am using this to study

[@MaestroKaplan]

***** I hope that you did well on the exam! Thanks for watching.

[@MagicalLofiSoundsASMR]

***** same! haha

[@MagicalLofiSoundsASMR]

john morris yeap!

[@bryanbui2215]

Late reply but I’m basically doing the same, I’m taking online Spanish classes and they are so bad, there’s no video on how to do it, they just give totally off topic things and I’m not exaggerating, so they never showed us/ gave us a lesson on how to do them so I have to go on here to learn

[@bryanbui2215]

I also have finals tomorrow lmao

[@chrisc1177]

Anyone else watching this because of quarantine?

[@Tridentgames]

yep, online school

[@rosewzw9577]

this helped me a lot ty sooooo much ;D

[@Qkubra]

are "hoy,esta mañana/tarde/noche/semana,este lunes/mes..." etc. used in perfect tense in spanish? somewhere it was said so and it just dsnt make sense to me 🤔cld u please clarify it for me?

[@lukeisdigital]

Looks great! May I ask what program you used to create this lesson?

[@Kymara12]

ive just learnt more in five minutes than in two years

[@colemyhre8332]

Why do I even go to school if I end up here anyways

[@enzovaladares7795]

thanks lad

[@alphafox1307]

Help me,
Which one is correct of the term ."has been exposed to"
1. ha sido expuesta
2. ha sido expuesto

[@anakarenrodriguez9090]

Hi! This is really late, but I believe it would just depend on the gender of who was exposed, if SHE's been exposed, it would be "ella ha sido expuesta a ......" if HE's been exposed, it would be "el ha sido expuesto a....."

[@user-nc7vi9vc4r]

thank you so much

[@Anonymous-hj2ql]

HOW HAVE I ONLY JUST FOUND YOU

[@swarnalatha7867]

Can we say :
Todavía no he abierto los regalos .
En vez de
No, todavía no he abierto los regalos.

[@jwsimmons1001]

Tu puedes ensenarlo bien guey.

[@MaestroKaplan]

+jwsimmons1001 Gracias güey.

[@mariegomez6627]

when he says haber, it sounds like he said "a bear!"

[@eduardoarmas9235]

Marie Gomez no.

[@bryanbui2215]

The H is silent is Spanish

[@AprilEnola]

That’s how it’s sounds like h is silent...

[@ranveerjain6135]

NOICE