haber hayas hayáis haya hayan

13. PERFECTO DE SUBJUNTIVO
(Present Perfect Subjunctive or Past Subjunctive)
haber
haya hayamos
hayas hayáis
haya
hayan
-ar verbs
- ado
-er verbs
– ido
-ir verbs
– ido
For all verbs use the present subjunctive of the helping (auxiliary) verb haber. Then take the
main verb, drop the –ar, -er, -ir ending and add the above endings.
1. Dudo que hayas patinado mucho.
I doubt you have skated much.
2. Es triste que no hayas comido hoy.
It’s sad you haven’t eaten today.
3. No hay nadie que haya vivido en
There is nobody that has lived in Argentina
Argentina más de 100 años.
for more than 100.
Some of the irregulars in this tense are below:
abrir-abierto, cubrir-cubierto, decir-dicho, escribir-escrito, freír-frito, hacer-hecho,
morir-muerto, poner-puesto, resolver-resuelto, romper-roto, ver-visto, volver-vuelto
A. The present perfect subjunctive is used to express an action that has past or an action that
started in the past and continues in the present. The verb in the main clause may be in the
present or present perfect indicative, future, or in a command form
1. Mis padres no han regresado todavía.
My parents haven’t returned yet.
Es posible que hayan decidido
It’s possible that they have decided
pasar más días en Cannon Beach.
to spend a few more days in Cannon Beach.
2. Hasta ahora no he conocido a nadie
Up to now I have not met anyone who has
que haya estado en Mongolia.
been to Mongolia.
3. Me ha decepcionado que no haya
I have been disappointed in not being able
podido ir a un partido de fútbol
to go to a soccer game during my last trip to
durante mi último viaje a México.
México.
4. Les llamaré tan pronto como haya
I will call you as soon as I have arrived in
llegado a Costa Rica.
Costa Rica.
5. La próxima vez que estés en Uruguay, The next time you are in Uruguay, eat
come algo que no hayas probado
something you have not tried before.
antes.