Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

VERB FORMS 16.1cantado comido partido16.1.1.5GerundNOTEThe gerund is formed by adding the endings in italics to the present stem. The -er and -irconjugations are identical.cantando comiendo partiendo16.1.1.6ImperativeNOTEThe tú form imperative is identical to the 3rd person singular of the present indicative; thevosotros/as form is formed by changing the final -r of the infinitive to -d. The usted andustedes forms are the same as the 3rd person singular and plural respectively of the presentsubjunctive. The negative imperatives are all formed from the present subjunctive.(a) Positive(tú) canta come parte(vos) cantá comé partí(vosotros/as) cantad comed partid(usted) cante coma parta(ustedes) canten coman partan(b) Negative(tú) no cantes no comas no partas(vos) no cantés no comás no partás(vosotros/as) no cantéis no comáis no partáis(usted) no cante no coma no parta(ustedes) no canten no coman no partan16.1.1.7The compound tensesNOTEThe compound tenses for all verbs are formed from the auxiliary verb haber followed by the pastparticiple.The forms for haber are given below, together with one full set of specimen compoundforms for cantar.Present of haberhehashaPerfect of cantarhe cantadohas cantadoha cantado62