To make past participles in Spanish, it’s pretty simple! You just take the end of the verb away and add a new ending.

For -ar verbs, like "hablar" (which means "to talk"), you add -ado.
So, "hablar" becomes "hablado."

For -er and -ir verbs, like "comer" (to eat) and "vivir" (to live), you add -ido.
That means "comer" turns into "comido," and "vivir" becomes "vivido."

Present Perfect Tense

How to Form It: You use the word "haber" along with the past participle.

• Example: "He estudiado" means "I have studied."

Past Perfect Tense

How to Form It: You use "haber" in the past form plus the past participle.

• Example: "Había comido" means "I had eaten."

Important Rules to Remember

• Present Perfect: This talks about actions that are finished within a certain time.
• Past Perfect: This is for actions that happened before another action in the past.

Also, make sure you learn how to use "haber," which looks like this:

• In the present: He, has, ha, hemos, han
• In the past: Había, habías, había, habíamos, habían