LEARN SPANISH FUTURE PERFECT INDICATIVE MOOD

Hablar (to speak) Correr (to run) Añadir (to add)

To form the future perfect of the indicative mood, we need to use the auxiliary verb "haber" (have) in its future simple and the past participle of another verb. To form the past participle of the regular verbs in Spanish, we need to take the verb as we find it in the dictionary and remove the last two letters. Then, if the verb ends in "-ar" we will add the ending "-ado" and if the verb ends in "-er" or "-ir" we will add the ending "-ido".

Example

For the verbs ending in -ar:

Example: We take the verb "hablar" (to speak). We remove the "-ar": We are left with "habl-" (the stem) and then we add "-ado". In this way we have the past participle of the verb "hablar" (to speak).

To conjugate the future perfect of the verb"hablar" (to speak) we will use the future simple tense of the verb "haber" (to have) and the past participle of the verb "hablar" (to speak).

For the verbs ending in -er:

Example: We take the verb "correr" (to run). We remove the "-er": We are left with corr- (the stem) and then we add "-ido". In this way we have the past participle of the verb "correr" (to run).

To conjugate the future perfect of the verb "correr" (to run) we will use the future simple tense of the verb "haber" (to have) and the past participle of the verb "correr" (to run).

For the verbs ending in -ir:

Example: We take the verb "añadir" (to add). We remove the "-ir": We are left with añad- (the stem) and then we add "-ido". In this way we have the past participle of the verb "añadir" (to add).

To conjugate the future perfect of the verb "añadir" (to add) we will use the future simple tense of the verb "haber" (to have) and the past participle of the verb "añadir" (to add).

The differences between the persons "tú" (you), "vosotros" (you all), "usted" (you formal) and "ustedes" (you all formal) are explained in Spanish Personal Pronouns.

Some of the irregular verbs will be conjugated exactly in the same form, adding the same sets of endings; the only difference is that they will have some spelling changes in the stem of the verb. ***Remember*** Spanish Irregular verbs can be highly irregular and the general rule is "The rules do not apply".

SOME GENERAL USES

We use the future perfect to express finished actions in the future when we know the time when the action will happen and we are certain that the action will happen.

Example

Mañana habré terminado este proyecto.

Tomorrow I will have finished this project

Habrás estudiado el futuro perfecto simple para el jueves.

You will have studied the future perfect simple tense by Thursday

Habrán estudiado todos los temas.

They will have studied all the topics

The future perfect is also used when the speaker assumes that an action will be completed in the future.

Example

Ella habrá terminado todos sus deberes ya.

She will have finished all her homework by now

Mi equipo habrá presentado el proyecto.

My team will have presented the project

El concierto habrá terminado cuando lleguemos.

The concert will have finished by the time we arrive

The future perfect expresses a future action that will happen before another future action.

Example

Cuando llegues ya habré terminado.

When you arrive I will have already finished

Here, the action "llegues" (you arrive) is a future action. The action "habré terminado" (I will have finished) is also future and at the same time it is previous to the action of "llegar" (arriving).

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