haber conjugation
irregular verbto have (auxiliary)
Haber means to have (auxiliary). Its main irregular forms are he and has in the present, hube in the preterite and habré in the future.
he Underlined forms are irregular.
Present
| yo | he, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | has, irregular |
| vos | has, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | ha, irregular |
| nosotros | hemos, irregular |
| vosotros | habéis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han, irregular |
Preterite
| yo | hube, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | hubiste, irregular |
| vos | hubiste, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | hubo, irregular |
| nosotros | hubimos, irregular |
| vosotros | hubisteis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hubieron, irregular |
Imperfect
| yo | había |
|---|---|
| tú | habías |
| vos | habías |
| él, ella, usted | había |
| nosotros | habíamos |
| vosotros | habíais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían |
Future
| yo | habré, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás, irregular |
| vos | habrás, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | habrá, irregular |
| nosotros | habremos, irregular |
| vosotros | habréis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán, irregular |
Conditional
| yo | habría, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías, irregular |
| vos | habrías, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | habría, irregular |
| nosotros | habríamos, irregular |
| vosotros | habríais, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían, irregular |
Present subjunctive
| yo | haya, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas, irregular |
| vos | hayas, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | haya, irregular |
| nosotros | hayamos, irregular |
| vosotros | hayáis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan, irregular |
Imperfect subjunctive
| yo | hubiera, irregularhubiese |
|---|---|
| tú | hubieras, irregularhubieses |
| vos | hubieras, irregularhubieses |
| él, ella, usted | hubiera, irregularhubiese |
| nosotros | hubiéramos, irregularhubiésemos |
| vosotros | hubierais, irregularhubieseis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hubieran, irregularhubiesen |
Perfect tenses
Haber plus habido: he habido, había habido, habré habido. Gerund habiendo.
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Mi madre ha preparado la cena.
My mother has made dinner.
Has hecho un buen trabajo hoy.
You have done a good job today.
Habías prometido llamarme ayer.
You had promised to call me yesterday.
El tren ha llegado con retraso.
The train has arrived late.
Where haber breaks the pattern
- he, has, ha. The present of haber is irregular in most persons.
- hube. The preterite has its own stem, hub-, and no written accent on hube or hubo. The imperfect subjunctive is built on it: hubiera.
- habré. The future and conditional use habr- in place of haber-.
- haya. The present subjunctive has its own stem, hay-.
Vos and vosotros
| vos has | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and much of Central America. The other tenses use the tú form. |
|---|---|
| vosotros habéis | Spain. Latin America says ustedes han. |
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