Breakdown of Ya hemos planeado todo y hemos hecho el testamento.
y
and
hacer
to do, to make
todo
all / everything
haber
to have (auxiliary)
ya
already
planear
to plan
el testamento
the will
Questions & Answers about Ya hemos planeado todo y hemos hecho el testamento.
Why do we use the Present Perfect (hemos planeado) here instead of the simple past (planeamos)?
In Spain, the Present Perfect (haber + past participle) is the go-to tense for past actions that still feel connected to the present. The word ya (already) strongly triggers this tense because it ties a completed past action directly to the current moment.
Is hecho the past participle of hacer? Why doesn't it end in -ido?
Yes, hecho is the past participle of hacer (to make / to do). It is one of the most common irregular past participles in Spanish, so instead of following the regular rule to become hacido, it completely changes to hecho. You simply have to memorize it.
Does testamento translate to testament or will?
Could we say lo hemos planeado todo instead?
Yes! It is extremely common in Spanish to use the direct object pronoun lo together with todo, resulting in Ya lo hemos planeado todo. Leaving the lo out, as in this sentence, is also grammatically correct and means the exact same thing.
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