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...
EstarPresent Tense and Participle Subject PronounPresent Tense ofEstarPronunciationMeaning yoestoyess-TOYI am túestásess-TAHSyou are él, ella, ustedestáess-TAHhe, she is, you (formal) are nosotros/asestamosess-TAH-moswe are vosotros/asestáisess-TICEyou all are ...
With verbs that express state of being or a result of an action (parecer, quedar(se), estar, mostrar, resultar, etc.)Again, the participle is used as an adjective and has the same form as the noun.La mesaestá rota.(The table is broken.) El dibujoresultó mejoradopor la lluvia.(Th...
Using the Past Participle for the Perfect Tenses The other major use of the past participle is to combine with the verbhaberin Spanish or "to have": in English (the verbs probably have acommon origin) to form theperfect tenses. Generally speaking, the perfect tenses are used to refer to a...
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Averaging across all 47 children in the study, the past participles were overregularized 7% of time, resulting in forms like escribido instead of escrito. The study also found that past participle overregularization was predicted by the children's language background, age, and lexical frequency....