Severn Spanish

Future perfect III

 

Introduction/Review

You are hopefully quite familiar with the idea of a perfect tense at this point. This time around, we are just shifting into the future. Brush up on your past participles and review the conjugations of haber in the future tense:

 

 

 

 

 

Formation and Usage

The formula for the future perfect is pretty predictable: future tense of haber plus the past participle of the main verb. The meaning is a little strange at first, but it can be a very useful tense. It means “to will have,” which sounds odd, but makes more sense in context:

By May, I will have graduated high school (hopefully).

She will have studied hard for the test.

This October they will have been married for thirty years.

Now for some Spanish examples:

En noviembre habremos leído tres libros para la clase de ingles. (In November we will have read three books for English class.)

Marta y Julia habrán terminado el proyecto. (Marta and Julia will have finished the project).

Usted habrá vivido en España por cinco años. (You will have lived in Spain for five years.)