saludat

In a sentence

• Ahir vaig saludat al meu professor a l'escola.

  Yesterday I greeted my teacher at school.

  In this sentence, 'saludat' is incorrectly used because the verb 'saludar' should be in its proper conjugation: 'Ahir vaig saludar'. A correct usage with 'saludat' would be in a compound tense: 'Ahir havia saludat'. However, if intended as a gerund ('ahir vaig estar saludant'), 'vaig saludant' would express the continuous action.

• A l'e-mail he saludat el destinatari formalment.

  In the email, I have greeted the recipient formally.

  'Saludat' is used here properly as the past participle of 'saludar', forming 'he saludat' in the present perfect tense. This indicates that the action of greeting the recipient happened recently and is relevant to the current context.

• Els nens ja m'han saludat quan arribava a casa.

  The children had already greeted me when I was arriving home.

  Here, 'saludat' is again a past participle used in a compound tense ('han saludat') to convey that the action of greeting had occurred before another past action.