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Haber As an Auxiliary Verb: It's Perfect!
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Part 2: Reference Charts
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Present indicative | Past Perfect Indicative (Pluperfect) | Preterite indicative | Future indicative | Conditional indicative | Present Subjunctive | Past Subjunctive
The following charts show the tenses made possible by using haber as an auxiliary verb.
Present Perfect Indicative
| yo |
I |
he . |
He comido |
I have eaten. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
has |
Has comido |
You have eaten. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
ha |
ha comido |
You have eaten.
He/she has eaten. |
| nosotros |
we |
hemos |
hemos comido |
We have eaten. |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
habéis |
Habéis comido | You have eaten. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they | han |
Han comido |
You/they have eaten. |
Past Perfect Indicative (Pluperfect)
| yo |
I |
había |
Había hablado. . |
I had spoken. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
habías |
Habías hablado. |
You had spoken. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
había |
Había hablado. |
You had spoken.
He/she had spoken. |
| nosotros |
we |
habíamos |
Habíamos hablado. |
We had spoken.
He/she had spoken. |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
habíais |
Habíais hablado. |
You had spoken. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
habían |
Habían hablado. |
You/they had spoken. |
Preterite Perfect Indicative (Literary)
| yo |
I |
hube |
Hube visto. |
I had seen. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
hubiste |
Hubiste visto. |
You had seen. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
hubo |
Hubo visto. |
You had seen.
He/she had seen. |
| nosotros |
we |
hubimos |
Hubimos visto. |
We had seen. |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
hubisteis |
Hubisteis visto. |
You had seen. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
hubieron |
Hubieron visto. |
You/they had seen. |
Future Perfect
| yo |
I |
habré |
Habré trabajado . |
I will have worked. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
habrás |
Habrás trabajado. |
You will have worked. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
habrá |
Habrá trabajado. |
You will have worked.
He/she will have worked. |
| nosotros |
we |
habremos |
Habremos trabajado. |
We will have worked. |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
habréis |
Habréis trabajado. |
You will have worked. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
habrán |
Habrán trabajado. |
You/they will have worked. |
Conditional Perfect
| yo |
I |
habría |
Habría dormido. . |
I would have slept. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
habrías |
Habrías dormido. |
You would have slept. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
habría |
Habría dormido. |
You would have slept.
He/she would have slept. |
| nosotros |
we |
habríamos |
Habríamos dormido. |
We would have slept. |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
habríais |
Habríais dormido. |
You would have slept. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
habrían |
Habrían dormido. |
You/they would have slept. |
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| yo |
I |
haya |
(que) haya ido . |
(that) I have gone |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
hayas |
(que) hayas ido |
(that) you have gone |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
haya |
(que) haya ido |
(that) you have gone
(that) he/she has gone |
| nosotros |
we |
hayamos |
(que) hayamos ido |
(that) we have gone |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
hayáis |
(que) hayáis ido |
(that) you have gone |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
hayan |
(que) hayan ido |
(that) you/they have gone |
Note: It isn't unusual for the present perfect subjunctive to also translate as "will have" or "may have."
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| yo |
I |
hubiera |
(que) hubiera dicho. . |
(that) I had said. |
| tú |
you (informal singular) |
hubieras |
Hubieras dicho. |
(that) I had said. |
| usted, él, ella |
you (formal singular), he, she |
hubiera |
Ha |
You have
He/she has |
| nosotros |
we |
hubiéramos |
Hubiéramos dicho |
(that) we had said |
| vosotros |
you (informal plural) |
hubierais |
Hubierais dicho |
(that) you had said. |
| ustedes, ellos, ellas |
you (formal plural), they |
hubieran |
Hubieran dicho |
(that) you/they had said. |
Notes: It isn't unusual for the preterite perfect subjective to also translated as "might have" or "would have." There is also a form of the past perfect subjunctive that you may encounter in literature: hubiese, hubieses, hubiese, hubiésemos, hubieseis, hubiesen.
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