Provitano/Compound-Tenses

Perfect Tenses
The perfect tenses in Provitano correspond to the tenses in English that are put together with 'have.'

Present Perfect
Present perfect corresponds to English 'have' like ''"I have been good." or "I have gone to the movies."''

The present perfect is formed by using the present tense forms of either haver or esser depending on the verb. Verbs of motion tend to use esser and other verbs tend to use ''haver. ''

For the conjugation of both esser and haver please see the irregular verbs page.

Past Perfect
The past perfect corresponds to English 'had' like "I had been good before" or "The boy had already gone before I arrived"

This tense is formed with either the imperfect or preterite form of either esser or haver the tense (imperfect or preterite) can be determined based on the use of the imperfect or preterite in general.