Breakdown of ¿Has visto el pedazo del jarrón?
ver
to see / to look / appear
del
from the / of the
el jarrón
the vase
haber
(auxiliary) have
Questions & Answers about ¿Has visto el pedazo del jarrón?
Why is the word visto used instead of a regular ending like "vido"?
Visto is the irregular past participle of the verb ver (to see). While most Spanish verbs ending in -er form this part by adding -ido (like comido), ver is a common exception. You just have to memorize that "seen" is always visto.
Why does the sentence use has for "have" instead of tienes?
Why is it del jarrón instead of de el jarrón?
Whenever the word de (of/from) is followed directly by the masculine "the" (el), they are forced to combine into the contraction del. So, de + el jarrón becomes del jarrón. Just remember this only happens with el (the), not with él (he).
Could I use pieza instead of pedazo to say "piece" here?