Example of Compound Times

The compound times are those that are conjugated from two verb forms: the verb to have (conjugated in any of the indicative or subjunctive tenses) and a verb in participle (ending -ado, -ido, -to, -so, -cho).

In compound times the verb that is conjugated to indicate the time, person and mode is the verb to have. For example: I will have loved, you have dreamed, you had waited, you warned, we would have preferred ...

They differ from simple times, which are conjugated from a single verb form, which indicates the person, time, number and mode: Come out, they will believe, I will take, sing, we are ...

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What are the compound times?

In Spanish there are 8 compound tenses: 5 compound tenses of the indicative mood and three compound tenses of the subjunctive mood. Each of these times is briefly explained below.

Compound tenses in the indicative mood

The composite indicative tenses are:

• Past perfect compound or before present indicative: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in present indicative (
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  I have, have, have, have, have, have) plus a verb in participle: I have met, you have lost, it has happened, we have bought, you have made, you have discovered ...
• Past perfect or antepreterite indicative: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in past simple indicative (had, had, had, had, had, had, had) plus a verb in participle: I had waited, it had elapsed, we had taken, you had seen, they had shook ...
• Composite future or antefuture indicative: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in future indicative (there will be, there will be, there will be, we will, there will be, there will be) plus a verb in participle: I will have said, you will have eaten, you will have ordered, we will have concluded, you will have fired, they will have listened ...
• Past perfect or antecopreterite indicative: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in copreterite indicative (had, had, had, had, had, had, had) plus a verb in participle: you had foreseen, you had fought, you had been born, we had destined, you had positioned, you had perceived ...
• Conditional compound or anteposterite indicative: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in post-past tense indicative (would, would, would, would, would, would, would, would) plus a verb in participle: I would have confessed, you would have analyzed, I would have manipulated, we would have created, you would have doubted, they would have passed ...

Compound tenses of the subjunctive mood

The subjunctive compound tenses are:

• Past perfect compound or before present subjunctive: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in present tense of subjunctive (Hayas, Hayas, Hayas, Hayas, Hayas, Hayas) plus a verb in participle: you have driven, you have studied, you have changed, we have preferred, you have shown, they have come ...
• Past perfect or antepreterite subjunctive: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in past tense of subjunctive (had or would have; would have or would have; had or would have; we would have or we would have; would have or would have, would have or would have) plus a verb in participle: I would have taken, I would have taken; you would have said, you would have said, I would have moved, I would have moved; we would have attended, we would have attended ...
• Composite future or antefuture subjunctive: it is formed by the verb to have conjugated in future subjunctive (will, will, will, will, will, will, will) plus a verb in participle: you would have manifested, you would have drawn, you would have gone, we would have chewed, you would have kissed, they would have bothered ...

12 Examples of verbs in compound tense

1. Verb drink

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have taken, you have taken, you have taken, we have taken, you have taken, you have taken
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I had taken, you had taken, had taken, we had taken, you had taken, they had taken.
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have taken, will have taken, will have taken, will have taken, will have taken, will have taken
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had taken, you had taken, I had taken, we had taken, you had taken, you had taken
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have taken, you would have taken, I would have taken, we would have taken, you would have taken, they would have taken
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have taken, have taken, have taken, we have taken, have taken, have taken
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or would have taken, would have or would have taken, would have or I would have taken, we would have or would have taken, would have or would have taken, would have or would have taken
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have taken, would have taken, would have taken, would have taken, would have taken, would have taken

1. Verb Reserve

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have reserved, you have reserved, you have reserved, we have reserved, you have reserved, you have reserved
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have booked, you have booked, you have booked, we have booked, you have booked, you have booked
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have reserved, will have reserved, will have reserved, will have reserved, will have reserved, will have reserved
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had reserved, you had reserved, I had reserved, we had reserved, you had reserved, they had reserved
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: would have booked, would have booked, would have booked, would have booked, would have booked, would have booked
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: I have reserved, you have reserved, I have reserved, we have reserved, you have reserved, you have reserved
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have booked, you would have or would have booked, would have or I would have booked, we would have or we would have booked, you would have or would have reserved, would have or would have reserved
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: had booked, would have booked, had booked, would have booked, would have booked, would have booked

1. Verb to walk

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I've walked, you've walked, you've walked, we've walked, you've walked, you've walked
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have walked, you have walked, I have walked, we have walked, you have walked, you have walked
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have walked, you will have walked, you will have walked, we will have walked, you will have walked, they will have walked
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had walked, you had walked, I had walked, we had walked, you had walked, you had walked
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have walked, you would have walked, I would have walked, we would have walked, you would have walked, they would have walked
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: I have walked, you have walked, I have walked, we have walked, you have walked, you have walked
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have walked, you would have or would have walked, would have or I would have walked, we would have or we would have walked, you would have or would have walked, would have or would have walked
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: I would have walked, you would have walked, I would have walked, we would have walked, you would have walked, you would have walked

1. Verb give

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have given, you have given, you have given, we have given, you have given, you have given
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have given, you have given, you have given, we have given, you have given, you have given
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have given, you will have given, will have given, we will have given, you will have given, they will have given
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had given, you had given, I had given, we had given, you had given, you had given
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have given, you would have given, I would have given, we would have given, you would have given, they would have given
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have given, have given, have given, have given, have given, have given
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have given, you would have or would have given, would have or I would have given, we would have or would have given, would have or would have given, would have or would have given
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: I would have given, you would have given, I would have given, we would have given, you would have given, they would have given

1. Verb to live

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have lived, you have lived, you have lived, we have lived, you have lived, you have lived
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have lived, you have lived, you have lived, we have lived, you have lived, you have lived
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have lived, you will have lived, you will have lived, we will have lived, you will have lived, you will have lived
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: had lived, had lived, had lived, had lived, had lived, had lived
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have lived, you would have lived, I would have lived, we would have lived, you would have lived, you would have lived
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have lived, have lived, have lived, have lived, have lived, have lived
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or would have lived, would you have or would have lived, would have or I would have lived, we would have or we would have lived, you would have or would have lived, would have or would have lived
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have lived, would have lived, would have lived, would have lived, would have lived, would have lived

1. Verb to laugh

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have laughed, you have laughed, you have laughed, we have laughed, you have laughed, you have laughed
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I had laughed, you had laughed, you had laughed, we had laughed, you had laughed, you had laughed
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have laughed, you will have laughed, you will have laughed, we will have laughed, you will have laughed, they will have laughed
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had laughed, you had laughed, I had laughed, we had laughed, you had laughed, you had laughed
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have laughed, you would have laughed, I would have laughed, we would have laughed, you would have laughed, they would have laughed
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have laughed, have laughed, have laughed, have laughed, have laughed, have laughed
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have laughed, you would have or would have laughed, would have or I would have laughed, we would have or we would have laughed, you would have or you would have laughed, you would have or they would have laughed
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: I would have laughed, you would have laughed, I would have laughed, we would have laughed, you would have laughed, they would have laughed

1. Verb include

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have included, you have included, you have included, we have included, you have included, you have included
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have included, you have included, you have included, we have included, you have included, you have included
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have included, will have, will have included, will have included, will have included, will have included
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: had included, had included, had included, had included, had included, had included
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have included, have included, have included, have included, have included, have included
• Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or would have included, would you have or would have included, would have or I would have included, we would have or we would have included, you would have or would have included, would have or would have included
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included, would have included

1. Verb to sleep

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have slept, will you have slept, will have slept, will have slept, will have slept, will have slept
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had slept, you had slept, you had slept, we had slept, you had slept, you had slept
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have slept, you would have slept, I would have slept, we would have slept, you would have slept, you would have slept
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have slept, you would have or would have slept, would have or I would have slept, we would have or we would have slept, you would have or would have slept, would have or would have slept
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have slept, would you have slept, would have slept, we would have slept, would you have slept, would have slept

1. Verb watch

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have seen, have you seen, have seen, we have seen, have you seen, have seen
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have seen, you have seen, you have seen, we have seen, you have seen, you have seen
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have seen, will have seen, will have seen, will have seen, will have seen, will have seen
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: had seen, had seen, had seen, had seen, had seen, had seen
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have seen, you would have seen, I would have seen, we would have seen, you would have seen, they would have seen
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have seen, have seen, have seen, have seen, have seen, have seen Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or would have seen, would you have or would have seen, would have or I would have seen, we would have or we would have seen, you would have or would have seen, would have or would have seen
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have seen, would have seen, would have seen, would have seen, would have seen, would have seen

1. Verb to be

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have been, have been, have been, have been, have been, have been
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: had been, had been, had been, had been, had been, had been
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: will have been, will have been, will have been, will have been, will have been, will have been
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: had been, had been, had been, had been, had been, had been
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have been, have been, have been, have been, have been, have been Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or would have been, would you have or would have been, would have or would have been, would have or would have been, would have or would have been, would have or would have been
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been, would have been

1. Verb answer

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I have responded, you have responded, you have responded, we have responded, you have responded, you have responded
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I have responded, you have responded, you have responded, we have responded, you have responded, you have responded
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have responded, you will have responded, you will have responded, we will have responded, you will have responded, they will have responded
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: I had responded, you had responded, I had responded, we had responded, you had responded, you had responded
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: I would have responded, would you have responded, would have responded, would have responded, would you have responded, would have responded
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: I have responded, you have responded, you have responded, we have responded, you have responded, you have responded Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have responded, would you have or would have responded, would have or I would have responded, we would have or we would have responded, would you have or would have responded, would have or would have responded
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have responded, would you have responded, would have responded, we would have responded, would you have responded, would have responded

1. Verb make

• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present indicative: I've done, you've done, you've done, we've done, you've done, you've done
• Past preterite or past tense of indicative: I had done, had done, had done, had done, had done, had done
• Composite future or antefuture of indicative: I will have done, will have done, will have done, will have done, will have done, will have done
• Past perfect or prefix of indicative: had done, had done, had done, had done, had done, had done
• Compound conditional or prefix of indicative: would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done
• Preterite perfect compound or pre-present subjunctive: have done, have done, have done, have done, have done, have done Past perfect or past tense of subjunctive: had or I would have done, you would have or would have done, would have or I would have done, we would have or would have done, would have or would have done, would have or would have done
• Future compound or antefuture of subjunctive: would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done, would have done