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Oct 2010
17m 36s

CBS 2.24 | Introducing the perfect tense

COFFEE BREAK LANGUAGES
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Lesson 24 introduces a new tense: the perfect tense. This tense is used to talk about what you 'have done' and is very simple to use.

Please note that lesson 24 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 224 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.


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