Spanish A2.4 Listening Practice: Have Done, Not Own
Spanish A2 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for have done, not own.
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Level
A2.4
Audio
Segmented audio
Transcript
23 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Control familiar sentence patterns while adding people, objects, time, and description.
Use haber for present perfect to build an original spoken Spanish answer.
New pattern
haber for present perfect
Practice aloud after listening
He preparado la respuesta.
A short Spanish listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 3: add haber for present perfect to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Read while you listen.
1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome back to Spanish learning with ChickyTutor! I'm Carmen, and today we are focusing on how to talk about things you have done using the verb haber.
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2. Diego · Student
Hi everyone! I'm Diego. So today we use forms like he, ha, and han to express present action results, right?
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3. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego. We use haber for 'have done', not for possession. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía in a short dialogue.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, hoy he preparado la respuesta para el cliente.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
¡Qué bien! Mi jefa ha enviado los documentos.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
¿Y los compañeros han revisado el informe?
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7. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Sí, ellos han aceptado las ideas.
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8. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Estoy muy contenta porque he terminado mi parte.
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9. Carmen · Teacher
First, Álvaro said: 'Lucía, hoy he preparado la respuesta para el cliente.' He used 'he' from 'haber' to mean 'I have prepared'.
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10. Diego · Student
Is 'he' always used when I am the person who completed the action?
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Yes! 'He' always corresponds to 'I have'.
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12. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Lucía said: '¡Qué bien! Mi jefa ha enviado los documentos.' She used 'ha' for 'my boss has sent'.
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13. Diego · Student
So 'ha' is used for he, she, or singular third-person subjects?
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14. Carmen · Teacher
That's correct. 'Ha' means 'he has', 'she has', or 'it has'.
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15. Carmen · Teacher
Then Álvaro asked: '¿Y los compañeros han revisado el informe?' Here, 'han' means 'they have'.
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16. Diego · Student
Why do we switch from 'ha' to 'han' here?
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17. Carmen · Teacher
Because 'los compañeros' is plural, so we need 'han' for 'they have'.
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18. Carmen · Teacher
Lucía replied: 'Sí, ellos han aceptado las ideas.' She used 'han aceptado' for 'they have accepted'.
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19. Diego · Student
Do most -ar verbs end in -ado in this tense?
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20. Carmen · Teacher
Yes, standard -ar verbs change to -ado in the past participle form.
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21. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Lucía said: 'Estoy muy contenta porque he terminado mi parte.' Notice she uses 'contenta' because Lucía is female.
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22. Diego · Student
So adjectives change gender, but 'he' stays the same for everyone?
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23. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly. Verbs don't change for gender, but descriptive words like 'contenta' do.
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