Hello Jessica! :D The participle in Spanish is like "to have + verb in past tense (almost, except with some irregular verbs)". The verb have/has have a pronunciation and a special form in Spanish for the participles. I'll put below an example using "to have seen" I have seen - Yo HE visto You have seen - Tú HAS visto He has seen - Él HA visto She has seen - Ella HA visto It has seen - Eso HA visto We have seen - Nosotros HEMOS visto You have seen - Ustedes HAN visto They have seen - Ellos/ellas HAN visto As you know you use participle when you already did something. The challenge is to transform the verb. I think the easiest verbs are those who end with "ir", "er" and "ar". Verbs who end with "ir" or "er" have to have the termination "ido" in their participle form, some examples: English - Spanish - Participle To sleep - dormir - dormido To laugh - reír - reído To leave - salir - salido To believe - creer - creído To drink - beber - bebido To go - ir - ido To read - leer - leído To fall - caer - caído To bring - traer - traído But of course there are exceptions, for example: To see - ver - visto (to say vido is wrong) To break - romper - roto (to say rompido is incorrect) To write - escribir - escrito And verbs who end with "ar", they have the end "ado" in their participle form. Here are some examples: To play - jugar - jugado To touch - tocar - tocado To walk - caminar - caminado To talk - hablar - hablado To love - amar - amado To dance - bailar - bailado To sing - cantar - cantado To shout - gritar - gritado I can't remember if for this one exist exceptions. Now some examples using the words above: She has fallen - Ella ha caído I have brought - Yo he traído You have sung - Tú has cantado We have danced - Nosotros hemos bailado The child has walked - El niño ha caminado They have played - Ellos/ellas han jugado You have loved - Ustedes han amado My mother has shouted me - Mi madre me ha gritado :'( I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck. :)

Gracias!

I think the biggest things to note about participles is that it allows for the explanation of having done something. From your example, I have eaten = Yo he comido. So when you want to say I have already eaten, you wouldn't say "ya yo como", but rather "ya yo he comido". "Ya yo como" would translate more as "I already eat" as opposed to an action gone to completion, "I have already eaten". I hope that clears it up a little!