Transcript The future perfect

• The future perfect tense (el futuro perfecto) is formed
with the future of haber and a past participle.
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• The future perfect is used to express what
will have happened at a certain point.
The phrase para + [time expression] is often
used with the future perfect.
Ya habré leído la novela
para el lunes.
Para el año que viene, los
arquitectos habrán diseñado
el nuevo museo.
I will already have read the By next year, the architects will
novel by Monday.
have designed the new
museum.
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• Antes de (que), cuando, dentro de, and hasta (que)
are also used with time expressions or other verb
forms to indicate when the action in the future perfect
will have happened.
Cuando lleguemos al teatro,
ya habrá empezado la obra.
Lo habré terminado dentro de
dos horas.
When we get to the theater, the
play will have already started.
I will have finished it within two
hours.
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• The future perfect may also express supposition or
probability regarding a past action.
¿Habrá tenido éxito la exposición de
este fin de semana?
No lo sé, pero habrá ido mucha
gente a verla.
I wonder if this weekend’s exhibition
was a success?
I don’t know, but a lot of people must
have gone to see it.
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