Breakdown of ¿Dónde has puesto el pegamento?
dónde
where
poner
to put
haber
(auxiliary) have
el pegamento
the glue
Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde has puesto el pegamento?
Why is the past participle of poner written as puesto instead of ponido?
Puesto is a completely irregular past participle. Instead of following the normal rule of adding -ido to the stem of poner (to put), it changes its form entirely. You just have to memorize this one as it is very common!
What exactly does has do in this sentence? Can I use tienes instead?
Would puesto change to puesta if I asked where you put a feminine object, like a chair?
No. When a past participle is used with a form of the helper verb haber (like has puesto), it always ends in -o. It never changes to match the gender or number of the object you are talking about. It only changes to match gender and number if it is being used as a descriptive adjective, such as la mesa está puesta (the table is set).
Why does dónde have an accent mark over the "o"?
In Spanish, question words like dónde, qué, and cuándo always carry an accent mark when they are used to ask a question. This helps tell them apart from their non-question forms, such as saying el lugar donde vivo (the place where I live).
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