Talk:Spanish/Lessons/El tiempo pasado

Past tense using haber
The tense made with haber (to have, in the sense of to have done something) is used as a past tense for the recent past in Spain. Essentially it is used as the recent past where no specific date is specified, and where you say "this night" (esta noche) or "this year" (esta año). For example, in Mexico "I ate at the restaurant named Example this week" would be Comí en el restaurante se llama Ejemplo esta semana but in Spain it would be He comido en el restaurante se llame Ejemplo esta semana. Perhaps this should be mentioned/added on this page? Anyway to "have done something" is a past tense however you look at it.  Liam987  17:20, 3 April 2012 (UTC)