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Spanish Past Participle


The Spanish past participle is very easy to form and is used both as an adjective and in some verb constructions.

When you use a past participle as an adjective it will always come after the noun it describes.

When you use it in a verb construction it always follows the pattern
haber + past participle.

To form the participle, you will simply drop the ending of an -ar, -er, or verb, then add the appropriate ending (-ado, -ido).

So how would you form the past participle of an -ar verb hablar?

Drop the -arAdd -ado
habl-arhablado
 
How about the past participle of an -er verb like comer (to eat)?

Drop the -erAdd -ido
com-ercomido

How would you form the past participle of an -ir verb like morir (to die)?

Drop the -irAdd -ido
mor-irmorido
 
That wasn't so bad was it?

The pattern is always the same for all verbs.

Ready to see what you know? Try the mini-quiz for Spanish past participle.

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