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What is the present perfect of estar?

What is the present perfect of estar?

Present Perfect of Estar

Subject Pronouns Estar Conjugation: Present Perfect Translation
yo he estado I have been
has estado you have been
él/ella/usted ha estado he/she has been – you formal have been
nosotros/as hemos estado we have been

How do you conjugate the present perfect?

The Present Perfect Simple Tense

  1. ‘have’ / ‘has’ + the past participle.
  2. Make the past participle by adding ‘ed’ to regular verbs (for example, ‘play’ becomes ‘played’)
  3. There are a few verbs that change their spelling when you add ‘ed’ (for example, ‘study’ becomes ‘studied’)
  4. We also have some completely irregular verbs.

Do you use ser or estar for present tense?

Ser tells you what something is, the nature of its being, while estar refers more to what something does. You might use soy (the first-person present of ser, meaning “I am”) to explain who or what you are, but you’d use estoy (the first-person present of estar) to tell what you are being or doing.

How do you form the present perfect simple?

We form the present perfect simple with: Subject + have/has + past participle.

How do you know if its ser or estar?

Ser is used in a simple way, to talk about WHAT something is (permanent state). To describe characteristics that are an essential part of the thing we’re talking about. Estar is used to talk about HOW something is, so we use it for conditions, locations, emotions, and actions (temporary states).

Do you use ser or estar for color?

Color, generally, is ascribed with ser.

When is Estar used?

The verb estar is also used to make the present continuous tense, which is used to describe actions happening in or around the moment of speaking. To make this tense, you need the verb estar in the present tense before the stem of the verb plus “-ando” (-AR verbs) or “-iendo” (-IR/-ER verbs). Examples are:

What are the conjugations of estar?

The verb estar is used to speak about the “how” clause with regard to the object. It also is an irregular verb conjugated as estoy, estas, estamos, esta, estan and estais.

What is the conjugation for estar?

Estar: conjugation. ESTAR is one of the verbs in Spanish that means “to be”. ESTAR is used with feelings and location. SER, the other verb “to be” is used with professions, origin, nationality, dates, and time.