Grammar The Perfect Tenses Future Perfect
Overview
The
future perfect is formed using the formula below:
future conjugation of haber + the past participle = future perfect
The future conjugation of haber is shown below:
haber (conjugation )
yo
habré
(I)
tú
habrás
(you)
Ud./él/ella
habrá
(you/he/she)
nosotros (as)
habremos
(we)
vosotros (as)
habréis
(you guys)
Uds./ellos/ ellas
habrán
(you all/they)
The past participle is formed by adding the suffix -ado to -ar verbs and -ido to -er and -ir verbs.
Example: the past participle of hablar (to speak) is hablado . The table below shows the conjugation of hablar in the future perfect:
hablar (conjugation )
habré hablado
(I will have spoken)
habrás hablado
(you will have spoken)
habrá hablado
(you/he/she will have spoken)
habremos hablado
(we will have spoken)
habréis hablado
(you guys will have spoken)
habrán hablado
(you all/they will have spoken)
Tú habrás hablado con él antes de salir.
You will have spoken to him before leaving.
Ella habrá lavado la ropa en la mañana
She will have washed the clothes in the morning.
Nosotros habremos visto a María en otra fiesta.
We will have seen María in another party.
Yo habré dado el carro a Jorge.
I will have given the car to Jorge.
Marta habrá salido de viaje a Brazil a las 2:00 p.m.
Marta will have left for a trip to Brazil at 2:00 p.m.
1. The future perfect in Spanish is used the same as in English, to convey an action or a state that will have been done in the future:
Mañana habré terminado mi novela.
Tomorrow I will have finished my novel.
Para el 2150 habremos destruido el planeta.
By 2150 we will have destroyed the planet.
2. The future perfect can express probability or conjecture in the past (just like the future can express probability or conjecture in the present):
¿Qué habrán comido los niños?
I wonder what the children have eaten / ate.
Son las 5: papá y mamá ya habrán llegado.
It’s 5: mom and dad must have arrived by
now.
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