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Nos peleamos mucho, pero ya nos hemos perdonado.

Nos peleamos mucho, pero ya nos hemos perdonado.
We fight a lot, but we have already forgiven each other.
From Lesson 186:Reciprocal actions (nos, os, se)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nos peleamos mucho, pero ya nos hemos perdonado.

How do we know nos means "each other" here and not just "us"?
In both nos peleamos and nos hemos perdonado, the pronoun nos shows that the action is mutual. Because the verbs are conjugated in the "we" form, nos acts as a reciprocal pronoun meaning "each other" or "one another".
Why is the second nos placed before hemos rather than attached to perdonado?
When using compound tenses like the present perfect (hemos perdonado), object pronouns like nos must always go right before the conjugated helping verb (hemos). You can never attach a pronoun to a past participle like perdonado in these tenses.
Could nos peleamos also mean "we fought" in the past?
Yes, peleamos is spelled exactly the same in both the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense for the "we" form. However, the word mucho combined with the second half of the sentence strongly suggests it means "we fight" as an ongoing habit in the present.
How does ya work with the present perfect tense here?
The word ya usually means "already" when paired with a completed action, such as the present perfect tense (hemos perdonado). In this sentence, it simply emphasizes that the mutual forgiveness has already happened and the conflict is over.

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