Accidental se and Present Perfect

Michael S.C1Kwiziq community member

Accidental se and Present Perfect

Does using the accidental se structure require the use of the perfect tense [haber (conjugated to item forgotten)+ past participle "olvidado"] or can I use the preterite (indefinido) also?

For example:

Perfect -> Se me ha olvidado la toalla.

Preterite -> Se me olvidó la toalla. 

Sounds weird, but just asking for clarification since I didn't see any discussion of specifically using the HABER + Olvidado structure. 

Cheers!


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Michael S. asked:

Accidental se and Present Perfect

Does using the accidental se structure require the use of the perfect tense [haber (conjugated to item forgotten)+ past participle "olvidado"] or can I use the preterite (indefinido) also?

For example:

Perfect -> Se me ha olvidado la toalla.

Preterite -> Se me olvidó la toalla. 

Sounds weird, but just asking for clarification since I didn't see any discussion of specifically using the HABER + Olvidado structure. 

Cheers!


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