Two conjugations?
- « Back to Q&A Forum
- « Previous questionNext question »
Kwiziq community member
Two conjugations?
In the question, Yo ________ llegado pronto a trabajar esta tarde, why is llegar conjugated? I thought if the first verb ( in the blank is the conjugated form of haber) is conjugated the second verb is left in the infinitive form.
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate haber in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)"
Asked 2 years ago

Hola Mollie
The auxiliary verb haber is used to form the present perfect tense of other verbs, i.e. to say I have gone, you have done, he has worked, etc..
The first part of the present perfect structure is the verb haber in the present, as in saying: I have..., you have..., he has... and then the second part is the main verb in the past participle form: ido, trabajado, tenido...etc. Here, in this lesson we are only testing the first part of the verbal structure, the part with haber: he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han.
So here in this sentence you need:
Yo he llegado pronto a trabajar esta tarde.
I hope this clarified it.
Saludos
Inma
Don't have an account yet? Join today
Ask a question
Find your Spanish level for FREE
Test your Spanish to the CEFR standard
Find your Spanish level