The futuro anteriore (future perfect) is a compound tense that expresses an action that will have taken place at a future time, before another future action. In English, the future perfect is expressed using will have + past participle. For example, She will have eaten.
The futuro anterior is formed with an auxiliary verb in the future plus the participle of a verb. Following is a table showing the futuro anterior for verbs conjugated with both essere and avere. Note that, as usual, those verbs conjugated with essere must agree in number and gender with their subject.
The futuro anterior is formed with an auxiliary verb in the future plus the participle of a verb. Following is a table showing the futuro anterior for verbs conjugated with both essere and avere. Note that, as usual, those verbs conjugated with essere must agree in number and gender with their subject.
Verbs conjugated with avere | Verbs conjugated with essere | |
| io | avrò finito | sarò arrivato/a |
| tu | avrai finito | sarai arrivato/a |
| lui/lei/Lei | avrà finito | sarà arrivato/a |
| noi | avremo finito | saremo arrivati/e |
| voi | avrete finito | sarete arrivati/e |
| loro | avranno finito | saranno arrivati/e |
Examples:
| Fra due anni, saremo andati in pensione. In two years, we will have retired. Mia madre non c’è, sarà uscita con mio fratello. My mom’s not here, she’s probably out with my brother. Dopo che avrò svelato il mio segreto a Bruno, lo sapranno tutti. After I will have revealed my secret to Bruno, everyone will know it. Quando Matteo si sveglierà, noi avremo già fatto tutte le faccende domestiche. When Matteo wakes up, we will have done all the chores. Alle dieci avrete finito di studiare e potrete andare al mare. By ten o’clock you will have finished studying and you can go to the beach. Quando avrà capito che è un ipocrita forse lo lascerà per sempre. Once she will have realized he’s a hypocrite, maybe she will leave him forever. |