Spanish compound tense
In Spanish there are two main groups of tenses: simple tenses and compound tenses.
Compound tenses are tenses where the verb is made of two words:
an auxiliary verb (haber) in a specific simple tense (Presente, Pasado, Futuro...)
+
the past participle of the main verb
+
the past participle of the main verb
For example:
Yo he comido - I have eaten
Tú has comido - You have eaten
Él ha comido - He has eaten
Nosotros hemos comido -We have eaten
Vosotros habéis comido - You have eaten
Ellos han comido - They have eaten
Tú has comido - You have eaten
Él ha comido - He has eaten
Nosotros hemos comido -We have eaten
Vosotros habéis comido - You have eaten
Ellos han comido - They have eaten
There are 8 types of compound tenses in Spanish:
- Pretérito Perfecto
- Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
- Pretérito Anterior
- Futuro perfecto
- Condicional perfecto
- Pretérito Perfecto de subjuntivo
- Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo
- Futuro Perfecto de subjuntivo
To learn about simple tenses see Tiempo simple
