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• Past participles used as adjectives
• Past participles of regular verbs
• Irregular past participles
• Agreement of past participles and nouns
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Past participles used as adjectives
• Verbs have a form called the past participle, which can
be used as an adjective.
• You can use it to describe a condition or an injury to a part
of the body.
torcer as a verb
Me torcí el tobillo.
I sprained my ankle.
past participle of torcer as an adjective
Tengo el tobillo torcido.
My ankle is sprained.
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Past participles of regular verbs
• To form the past participles of regular verbs, drop the
infinitive ending and add -ado to -ar verbs and -ido to -er
and -ir verbs.
hinchar
-ar
hinchado
swollen
-er/-ir
torcer
herir
torcido
herido
twisted, sprained
hurt
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Irregular past participles
• Some past participles are irregular.
romper
roto broken
abrir
abierto open
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Agreement of past participles and nouns
• When used as adjectives, participles must agree with
nouns in number and gender.
participle agrees with noun
participle agrees with noun
Tiene las rodillas hinchadas. Tengo el dedo hinchado.
His knees are swollen.
My finger is swollen.