Spanish Tenses: The Future Perfect

19 Sep, 2009 in Uncategorized by Julio Foppoli

THE FUTURE PERFECT - EL FUTURO PERFECTO (o FUTURO ANTERIOR)

The situations in which you use this tense are the same both in English as in Spanish. It is used to show that an action to indicate an action that will have taken place before another action or point in the future.

This tense, EL FUTURO PERFECTO (also known as Futuro Anterior) , is used in sentences such as…

In two hours you will havefinished. the test.	En dos horas habrásterminado el exámen.
When you get here I will haveeaten.	Cuando llegues yo ya habrécomido.
By the time you talk to her, shewill have found out the truth..	Cuando hables con ella, yahabrá averiguado la verdad.
By the time we get there, the movie will have already started.	Cuando lleguemos allí, la película ya habrá comenzado.
Will they have left by 5?	¿Habrán partido para las 5?

How to form EL FUTURO PERFECTO in 3 easy steps

1 Take the verb in the infinitive form…				trabajar	comer	partir

2 Drop the infinitive ending…				trabaj-	com-	part-

3 Add the verb HABER in the future and past participle ending…
Yo	habré	I will have		trabajado	comido	partido
Tú	habrás	You will have (infml)		trabajado	comido	partido
Usted Él – Ella	habrá	You will have (fml) s-he will have		trabajado	comido	partido
Nosotros	habremos	We will have		trabajado	comido	partido
Vosotros	habréis	You will all have		trabajado	comido	partido
Ustedes	habrán	You will all have		trabajado	comido	partido
Ellos	habrán	They will have		trabajado	comido	partido


Now it is your turn!
Conjugate the verbs in all the persons.

		(caminar)
Yo
Tú			Tip!
Usted Él – Ella			In verbs ending in -AR, the PAST PARTICIPLEform in English corresponds to the ending -ado in Spanish.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos


		(beber)
Yo
Tú			Tip!
Usted Él – Ella			In verbs ending in -ER or -IR, the PAST PARTICIPLE form in English corresponds to the ending -ido in Spanish.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos


		(vivir)
Yo
Tú
Usted Él – Ella
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ustedes
Ellos

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Published on 19 Sep, 2009 in Uncategorized by Julio Foppoli

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