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Old October 19, 2008, 05:11 PM
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Look at verb tenses. I said hemos comenzado is the present perfect tense. This tense is formed from the conjugated form of haber plus the past participle.

Spanish and English share the same structure in this tense. They both use 'have' and a past participle to form the present perfect tense. Don't forget that there are seven compound verb tenses, all using the haber + past participle structure. Don't stop with learning only the present perfect! You'll soon need to know how to say 'we had started,' 'we will have started,' 'we would have started,' etc. before long.
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