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Vine ( I came )	a la fiesta
¿ Vino ( Did you come? )	a mi casa
Eduardo vino ( Edward came )	a la playa
¿ Vino Eduardo ( Did Edward come? )	al despacho

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Fuí a ( I went to )	nadar ( swimming )
¿ Fué a ( Did you go to? )	pescar ( fishing )
Fuimos a ( We went to )	trabajar
Fueron a ( They went to )	ver a mamá

Fuí ( I went )	al cine
Fué ( Did you go? )	al campo
Fuimos ( We went )	a una fiesta
Fueron ( They went )	a la estación

here are two verbs in Spanish that mean
I have:
“Tengo,” which denotes possession, “Tengo un auto” (
I have a car
), and “he,” which is an auxiliary or helping verb and which can be used only with other verbs. “He preparado” (
I have prepared
).

HE means
I have
(only when used in combination with another verb).

HE PREPARADO,
I have prepared.

PREPARADO is the past participle of the verb. In order to form the past participle of AR verbs, remove the AR from the infinitive and add ADO.

INFINITIVES	present perfect tense
hablar, to talk	he hablado, I have talked
depositar, to deposit	he depositado, I have deposited
tomar, to take	he tornado, I have taken
bailar, to dance	he bailado, I have danced
trabajar, to work	he trabajado, I have worked
terminar, to finish	he terminado, I have finished
comenzar, to begin	he comenzado, I have begun
estar, to be	he estado, I have been
cantar, to sing	he cantado, I have sung
ganar, to earn	he ganado, I have earned
caminar, to walk	he caminado, I have walked
mandar, to send	he mandado, I have sent
esperar, to hope	he esperado, I have hoped
regresar, to return	he regresado, I have returned
contestar, to answer	he contestado, I have answered
cambiar, to change	he cambiado, I have changed
pescar, to fish	he pescado, I have fished
viajar, to travel	he viajado, I have traveled