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El Futuro Perfecto de Indicativo Posted by on Oct 14, 2010 in Spanish Grammar

Even though this verb tense has this very strange and long name, it’s not difficult to use at all. It corresponds to English Future Perfect verb tense , showing that something will have happened at some time in the future.

Here’s how it is formed:

Future of haber (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) + past participle of the main verb.

Some examples:

Para abril él ya habrá obtenido el permiso de conducir. – He will already have gotten his driver’s license by April.
Mañana, a esta hora, Pedro ya habrá salido de viaje. – Tomorrow, at this time, Pedro will have already gone on a trip.
Antes de fin de año habré cambiado mi auto por uno más nuevo. – Before the end of the year I will have changed my car for a new one.
María es una secretaria muy eficiente. Para las diez de la mañana ya habrá hecho todas las llamadas. – María is a very efficient secretary. By ten in the morning she will have already made all the calls.
Cuando decidas a dónde ir, tu esposa ya habrá desistido. – When you decide where to go, your wife will have already given up.

The Futuro Perfecto de Indicativo also indicates an assumption. Check out these examples:

Lo llamé varias veces pero no me contestó. Habrá salido. – I called him many times but he didn’t answer. He must have gone out.
Es la primera vez que viene aquí, pero todavía no ha llegado. Se habrá perdido. – This is the first time he’s coming here, but he hasn’t arrived yet. He must have gotten lost.
Los estudiantes están en la oficina del director, habrán hecho algo malo. – The students are in the principal’s office. They must have done something bad.

Esto es todo por hoy, mi gente. Nos vemos prontito.

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English / Spanish teacher and translator for over 20 years. I have been blogging since 2007 and I am also a professional singer in my spare time.


Comments:

  1. Daria:

    Thanks so much. It was very helpful.