Tracking Progress with llevar + Past Participle
To express what you have achieved up to the present moment—like how many pages of a book you have read so far—use the verb llevar followed by a past participle.
There is one crucial rule: unlike the standard perfect tenses with haber, the past participle in this structure acts like an adjective. It must agree in gender and number with the direct object (the things you have accumulated).
Notice how the participles change their endings (-o, -a, -os, -as) to match the nouns they refer to:
| I have watched three series so far this year. | Llevo vistas tres series este año. |
| I have watched one season of the series so far. | Llevo vista una temporada de la serie. |
| We have already written ten episodes so far. | Ya llevamos escritos diez episodios. |
| I have reviewed all the vocabulary so far. | Llevo repasado todo el vocabulario. |
Asking About Accumulated Progress
To ask someone how much progress they have made, combine cuánto (how much) or cuántos/cuántas (how many) with the noun, your conjugated form of llevar, and the matching past participle.
| How many seasons have you watched so far? | ¿Cuántas temporadas llevas vistas? |
| How many verbs have you all learned so far? | ¿Cuántos verbos lleváis aprendidos? |
Irregular past participles, like hecho (done/made), follow the exact same agreement rules.
| How many tasks have you done so far? | ¿Cuántas tareas llevas hechas? |
| I have made three beds today so far. | Llevo hechas tres camas hoy. |
