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Spanish from zero with Recursio Lesson 63 of 100 · Module 13

Lesson 63. Irregular participles: he hecho

Step 1 · New words

10 words in this lesson

Tap 🔊 and repeat out loud. These words come back in the dialogue and the exercises below.

hecho
done, made (from hacer)
dicho
said (from decir)
visto
seen (from ver)
puesto
put (from poner)
escrito
written (from escribir)
vuelto
come back (from volver)
devuelto
given back (from devolver)
roto
broken (from romper)
romper
to break
el vaso
glass
Step 2 · Grammar

irregular participles: hecho, dicho, visto…

Irregular participles

Some common verbs don’t form the participle with -ado / -ido. Learn them one by one, as you would done, seen or written in English:

VerbParticiple
hacerhecho
decirdicho
vervisto
ponerpuesto
escribirescrito
volvervuelto
devolverdevuelto
romperroto
abrirabierto

The pattern is the same as in lesson 62: he, has, ha… + participle. He hecho la compra. ¿Has visto a Javier?

You know abierto from lesson 12 as an adjective: La farmacia está abierta. In ha abierto it’s a participle and doesn’t change: ¿Quién ha abierto la ventana?

Roto works the same way: El vaso está roto (adjective, agrees) and He roto un vaso (participle, doesn’t change).

Pronouns

As in lesson 62, lo / la and te go before he: La he hecho. Te he devuelto el libro.

¿Has visto a Javier? — Have you seen Javier?

He hecho la compra. — I've done the shopping.

¿Quién ha abierto la ventana? — Who's opened the window?

He escrito un correo. — I've written an email.

Hoy te he devuelto el libro. — I gave you the book back today.

Step 3 · Dialogue

Dialogue

Listen to each line and repeat it. Try to understand it before you look at the translation.

Lucía Javier, ¿has visto a Nora? Javier, have you seen Nora?

Javier Sí, ha vuelto a casa. ¿Por qué? Yes, she's gone back home. Why?

Lucía Tengo su libro. Oye, ¿has hecho la compra? I've got her book. Hey, have you done the shopping?

Javier Sí, la he hecho. He puesto la fruta en tu cocina. Yes, I've done it. I've put the fruit in your kitchen.

Lucía Gracias. ¡Uf! ¿Quién ha abierto la ventana? Hace frío. Thanks. Brr! Who's opened the window? It's cold.

Javier Yo. Y… perdona, he roto un vaso. Me. And… sorry, I've broken a glass.

Lucía Bueno, es un vaso viejo. Well, it's an old glass.

Javier Mañana te compro uno nuevo. I'll buy you a new one tomorrow.

Step 4 · Exercises

Check yourself

Listen. What did you hear?

1. How do you ask a friend “Have you seen Javier?” (today)

2. How do you say “I've done the shopping” (today)?

3. The room is cold and the window is open. How do you ask “Who's opened the window?”

4. How does a woman say “I've written a letter” (today)?

Match each word with its translation

Build the sentence: “I've done the shopping”

Build the question: “Who's opened the window?”

Lesson summary

What you can do now

  • Say what you've done: He hecho la compra.
  • Ask: ¿Has visto a Javier?
  • Ask who did it: ¿Quién ha abierto la ventana?
  • Apologize: Perdona, he roto un vaso.

Key phrases of the lesson:

¿Has visto a Javier?

He hecho la compra.

¿Quién ha abierto la ventana?

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