| 20.1.3 Modal verbs and compound tenses III |
The Spanish grammar does have another solution to this problem with the many verbs in one construction. The modal verbs is the basis for the perfect participle and the full verb is appended in infinitive (unchanged) form.
| subject | + Form of haber + | + past participle of the modal verb + | + infinitiv |
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he había hube |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
Tú |
has habías hubiste |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
Él |
ha había hubo |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
|
Nosotros |
hemos habíamos hubimos |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
Vosotros |
habéis habíais hubisteis |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
Ellos |
han habían hubieron |
podido querido debido tenido que |
comprarlo. |
| example |
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He podido comprarlo.
= I have been able to buy it. Él ha podido comprarlo. = He have been able to buy it. Nosotros hemos debido hacerlo. = We should have done it. Vosotros habéis querido comprarlo. = You have wanted to buy it. Ellos han querido verlo. = They have wanted to see it. Ella ha podido hacerlo. = She has been able to do it. |
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