17 Sep, 2009 in
1 by
Julio Foppoli
Spanish Tenses: The Past Participle
THE PAST PARTICIPLE – EL PASADO PARTICIPIO
The English PAST PARTICIPLE is used when you say… spoken, eaten, stolen, given, worked…
The Spanish equivalent is the ending -ado, -ido.
How to form el PASADO PARTICIPIO
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1 Take the verb in the infinitive form… |
trabajar |
comer |
partir |
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2 Drop the infinitive ending… |
trabaj- |
com- |
part- |
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3 Add the past participle ending… |
trabajado |
comido |
partido |
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Here are some exceptions! Ignore them unless you are quite fluent in the language!
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(There are more but we feel it is better to learn them as you go!)
a. When the stem of the verbs ends in a vowel, drop the infinitive and add -ído.
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leer
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leído
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caer
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caído
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traer
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traído
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sustraer
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sustraído
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b. Verbs that do not follow the rule mentioned above:
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abrir
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abierto
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componer
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compuesto
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cubrir
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cubierto
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decir
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dicho
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descubrir
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descubierto
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describir
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descrito
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devolver
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devuelto
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escribir
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escrito
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hacer
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hecho
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ir
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ido
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morir
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muerto
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poner
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puesto
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romper
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roto
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ser
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sido
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ver
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visto
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volver
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vuelto
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Published on 17 Sep, 2009 in
1 by
Julio Foppoli
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