| haber: to be (as in there is, there was, there has been, there will be...) |
| NOTE: haber is an impersonal verb. Grammatically, it has no subject and the person or thing that there is is the direct object. This means that it only has one invariable form for each tense–we use these single forms even if there are several people or things. However, there are other forms that are used to build the perfect tenses as an auxiliary verb. You can see them in the conjugation charts for any other verb. |
| IMPERSONAL FORMS | COMPOUND |
|---|---|
| INFINITIVE | COMPOUND INFINITIVE |
| haber [to be] | haber habido [to have been] |
| GERUND | COMPOUND GERUND |
| habiendo [there being] | habiendo habido [having been] |
| PAST PARTICIPLE | |
| habido [been] | [ Key: verb root / ending / irregularities / stress ] |
| PRESENT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hay |
| PRESENT TENSE - subjunctive | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | haya |
| PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | ha habido |
| PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - subjunctive | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | haya habido |
| IMPERFECT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | había |
| PRETERITE TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hubo |
| IMPERFECT TENSE - subjunctive (a) | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hubiera |
| IMPERFECT TENSE - subjunctive (b) | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hubiese |
| PAST PERFECT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | había habido |
| PAST PERFECT TENSE - subjunctive (a) | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hubiera habido |
| PAST PERFECT TENSE - subjunctive (b) | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | hubiese habido |
| FUTURE TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | habrá |
| FUTURE PERFECT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | habrá habido |
| CONDITIONAL TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | habría |
| CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE - indicative | |
|---|---|
| [no subject] | habría habido |