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Future perfect (futuro perfecto)

The futuro perfecto expresses what will have happened by a point in the future, or a guess about the recent past.

Usage

The futuro perfecto expresses what will have happened by a point in the future, or a guess about the recent past.

Rules

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1Formation: haber in the future + participle

haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle.

  • habré habladoI will have spokenhabré + participle
  • habremos comidowe will have eaten

2Completed by a future point

It says an action will be finished before a certain point in the future.

  • Para mañana ya habré terminado.By tomorrow I will already have finished.Point: para mañana
  • A las ocho habremos vivido aquí un año.By eight we will have lived here a year.

3Guess about the recent past

It expresses a guess about what has probably just happened.

  • Habrá comido ya.He has probably already eaten.A guess, not real future
  • ¿Qué habrá dicho Ana?I wonder what Ana has said?

4Compound tense, fixed participle

The participle never changes; only haber changes with the person.

  • habré hecho, habrás hecho, habrá hechoI/you/he will have doneParticiple unchanged

5Irregular participles

Some participles are irregular, such as hecho (hacer) and dicho (decir).

  • Lo habré hecho para el lunes.I will have done it by Monday.
  • Habrán dicho la verdad.They have probably told the truth.decir → dicho

Examples

  • Para el viernes habré terminado el trabajo.By Friday I will have finished the work.
  • Cuando llegues, ya habremos comido.When you arrive, we will already have eaten.
  • Habrá tenido un problema en el camino.He has probably had a problem on the way.
  • Para entonces habrás aprendido mucho.By then you will have learned a lot.

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