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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will see how to inflect the verb gastar in the Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto tense of the Subjuntivo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.
How to translate Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto to English
Note that the phrases in English provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:- In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
- Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
- Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
- In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.
Step by step instructions
Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto is a compound tense (Spanish: compuesto). It means that all of its conjugated forms consist of two words. In Spanish language, there are also simple tenses, where each conjugated verb form is one word long.In a compound tense the endings of the auxiliary verb change, not the endings of the main verb, which is the case in Spanish simple tenses.In the compound tenses, every person’s form consist of two parts:
- A conjugated form of the auxiliary verb haber. In case of the Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto de Subjuntivo tense, we use the Presente de Subjuntivo (Present Subjunctive) conjugation of haber
- Past Participle, which is always the same in every compound tense for a given verb
- the stem is: gast-
- and the ending is: -ar
Now, as we understand how both parts used by this tense are created separately, let’s proceed with creating the final conjugation forms. In order to create the first person singular form, we need to take the first person singular form of haber conjugated in Presente de Subjuntivo, which is haya. And to that we add the Participio gastado to get haya gastado:
- yo haya gastado – I have spent
- tú hayas gastado – you have spent
- él haya gastado – he have spent
- ella haya gastado – she have spent
- usted haya gastado – (formal) you have spent
- nosotros hayamos gastado – we have spent
- nosotras hayamos gastado – (feminine) we have spent
- vosotros hayáis gastado – (plural) you have spent
- vosotras hayáis gastado – (feminine, plural) you have spent
- ellos hayan gastado – they have spent
- ellas hayan gastado – (feminine) they have spent
- ustedes hayan gastado – (formal, plural) you have spent
Hurray! The conjugation is now done. The final result looks as follows:
yo | haya gastado | I have spent |
tú | hayas gastado | you have spent |
él/ella/usted | haya gastado | he/she/it have spent |
nosotros/nosotras | hayamos gastado | we have spent |
vosotros/vosotras | hayáis gastado | you have spent |
ellos/ellas/ustedes | hayan gastado | they have spent |
But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for and next steps.
Example sentences
Te arrepentirás cuando te lo hayas gastado todo.
You will regret when you have spent it all.
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