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Old July 18, 2008, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo View Post
Rusty, I don't understand it, How I can to say the word HABER.

Please, could you explain me about it.?
Here is what I think you meant to say:

Rusty, I don't understand how I can use the word HABER in English. Could you please explain it to me?
(Rusty, no entiendo cómo usar la palabra haber en inglés. ¿Me puedes explicarlo, por favor?)

If that isn't what you were asking, what don't you understand?

If you're asking how to translate haber into English, we say 'to have'. For example:
haber visto = to have seen
haber ido = to have gone
haber leido = to have read
haber comido = to have eaten
haber vivido = to have lived

In each of these examples, the unconjugated verb haber is a helping verb, or an auxiliary verb. In each example, the auxiliary verb is followed by a past participle. This is the perfect tense (tiempo perfecto).
Here are some conjugated examples:
he visto = I have seen; había visto = I had seen; habría visto = I would have seen; etc.
has ido = you have gone; habías ido = you had gone; etc.
hemos leido = we have read; habíamos leido = we had read; etc.
él ha comido = he has eaten; él había comido = he had eaten; etc.
ellos han vivido = they have lived; ellos habían vivido = they had lived; etc.

Does this explanation answer your question?

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