Italian 4.7. Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense in Italian, similar to its use in English, describes events that will happen and be completed in the future by a certain time or happen after another event is completed in the future.

Conjugation

We use the auxiliary “avere” or “essere” in the future tense followed by a past participle. The auxiliary “avere” or “essere” in future tense serves a similar function to the auxiliary “will have” in English, e.g., “I will have done my homework by the time they come.”

The verb “avere” in the future form is conjugated as follows:

		-are ending e.g., parlare	-ere ending e.g., vendere	-ire ending e.g., dormire
io	avrò	parlato	venduto	dormito
tu	avrai
lui/lei	avrà
noi	avremo
voi	avrete
loro	avranno

On the other hand, the verb “essere” in the future form is conjugated as follows:

		-are ending e.g., andare	-ere ending e.g., cadere	-ire ending e.g., partire
io	sarò	andato/-a	caduto/-a	partito/-a
tu	sarai	andato/-a	caduto/-a	partito/-a
lui	sarà	andato	caduto	partito
lei	sarà	andata	caduta	partita
noi	saremo	andati/-e	caduti/-e	partiti/-e
voi	sarete	andati/-e	caduti/-e	partiti/-e
loro	saranno	andati/-e	caduti/-e	partiti/-e

Recall from Level III, Lesson 5 that some verbs have irregular past participle forms.

Examples

Let us look at some examples of the future perfect tense in Italian:

Avrò visitato l’Egitto a gennaio.	I will have visited Egypt in January.
Avrai bevuto il caffè.	You will have drunk the coffee.
Avrà parlato con sua madre.	She will have spoken to her mother.
Noi avremo mangiato.	We will have eaten.
Voi sarete arrivati.	You will have arrived.
Saranno guariti per allora.	They will have healed by then.

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