Future Perfect of Indicative

The future perfect indicative can be used to talk about the future and the past. In this article, you will learn how to use some commonly used phrases related to the future perfect..

Review of Future Perfect Form

Before we introduce the sentences, let's briefly review the form of the future perfect.

Rule 1. The futuro compuesto, as all the perfect tenses in Spanish, is formed with the verb haber and the main verb in its participle verb form.

Below is the future perfect conjugation of the verb haber.

Phrases to Talk About Past Events in the Future

Rule 2. Speakers often use the following phrase to talk about an action that will have taken place before another in the future.

para cuando + verb in present subjunctive + (subject) +ya +haber +participle

Rule 3. The subject appears between parentheses, because in some contexts it can be omitted.

Here is an example without the subject.

Rule 4. Moreover, since this is a semi-fixed phrase, you can modify it. For instance, you can move the first part of the phrase (para + cuando + verb) to the end.

Rule 5. Since this construction has a certain level of uncertainty, the verb of para + cuando + verb is conjugated in the present subjunctive.

Phrases for Making Past Assumptions

Rule 6. As mentioned in the introduction, the future perfect can also be used to make assumptions about the past. In this case, the sentence you would use would be as follows:

facts +(indirect object pronoun) + haber + participle form

In this example, the cast is the concrete fact, by which we can make the assumption that this person suffered an accident such as a fall.