Futuro Anteriore (Future Perfect)

The Futuro Anteriore is used to describe actions that will have been completed by a specific time in the future. It is often used to express assumptions, predictions, or actions that will occur before another future event.

Mood:

The Futuro Anteriore is used with the indicative mood, which expresses certainty or factual statements about actions that will be completed by a point in the future.

• Mood: Indicative (expresses certainty about actions completed in the future)

Usage:

• To describe actions that will have been completed by a specific time: Quando arriverai, avrò già finito il lavoro. (When you arrive, I will have already finished the work.)
• To make assumptions or predictions: Sarà già partito quando arriviamo. (He will have already left when we arrive.)
• To indicate the sequence of future actions: Avrai imparato l'italiano entro la fine del corso. (You will have learned Italian by the end of the course.)

Formation:

The Futuro Anteriore is a compound tense formed by using the auxiliary verbs avere (to have) or essere (to be) in the Futuro Semplice, followed by the past participle of the main verb.

1. Using Avere:

   • Most verbs use avere as the auxiliary.

2. Using Essere:

   • Verbs of motion or change of state, as well as reflexive verbs, use essere as the auxiliary.
   • The past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject when using essere.

Conjugation:

Person	Avere (to have)	Essere (to be)
Io	avrò parlato	sarò andato/a
Tu	avrai parlato	sarai andato/a
Lui/Lei	avrà parlato	sarà andato/a
Noi	avremo parlato	saremo andati/e
Voi	avrete parlato	sarete andati/e
Loro	avranno parlato	saranno andati/e

Irregular Past Participles:

The same irregular past participles used in the Passato Prossimo apply here. Examples include:

• Essere (to be): stato
• Fare (to do/make): fatto
• Dire (to say): detto
• Vedere (to see): visto
• Leggere (to read): letto

Common Time Expressions:

• Entro domani (by tomorrow)
• Prima di (before)
• Quando (when)

Examples:

• Avrò finito il progetto entro domani. (I will have finished the project by tomorrow.)
• Saremo arrivati prima che inizi la riunione. (We will have arrived before the meeting starts.)
• Avrai già letto il libro quando ti vedrò. (You will have already read the book when I see you.)