I was always told that he, has, ha were present perfect and hube, hubiste, hubo were preterite perfect. I find terminology differs from course to course - is there a standard reference that explains the conventions on naming tenses?
Darrell
present perfect v. preterite perfect
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Darrell D.Kwiziq community member
present perfect v. preterite perfect
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate regular -er, -ir verbs in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)"
Asked 10 months ago
Alan T.Kwiziq community member
Hi Inma, just want to add a general comment here: because the tense names are not standard across different websites or between Peninsular and LA Spanish, and in addition because the *name* of a tense is the least useful thing to know about it, I'd much prefer hints that had to do with the situation/context/etc. rather than the tense name. Just my 2c - Thanks!
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