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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
51Formation: haber in the future + participle
haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle.
- habré hablado — I will have spokenhabré + participle
- habremos comido — we 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 hecho — I/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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