A past participle can function as an adjective in Spanish by adding the verb estar meaning "to be" as in está roto meaning "is broken." It can also function as a past participle by accompanying the noun it modifies as in la mesa rota, meaning "the broken table." What are some exampl...
Estar Present Tense and Participle Subject PronounPresent Tense of EstarPronunciationMeaning yo estoy ess-TOY I am tú estás ess-TAHS you are él, ella, usted está ess-TAH he, she is, you (formal) are nosotros/as estamos ess-TAH-mos we are vosotros/as estáis ess-TICE you all are ...
Children overregularize irregular past participles by applying the -do morpheme to forms that are irregular in adult speech, such as hacido instead of hecho. The examples below, taken from Baker Martínez (forthcoming), show an irregular past participle (3) and an overregularized variant of the...