Futuro Anteriore / Future in the Past - Italian Grammar - Grammatica Italiana

Futuro Anteriore / Future in the Past

The Futuro Anteriore is the “past of the future”, that means it describes a state or an action that will aready be finished in the future.

Examples:

	Italian	English
Declarative Sentence	Avrà lavorato.	He will have worked.
Negative Declarative Sentence	Non avrà lavorato.	He will not have worked.
Question	Avrà lavorato?	Will he have worked?

Form:

The Futuro Anteriore is made up from a form of “avere” (stative) or “essere” (moving) and the Participio Passato / Past Participle.

Forms of the Auxiliary Verb (Futuro Semplice):

avere - to have

Italian	English
avrò	I will have
avrai	you will have
avrà	he / she / it will have you will have (polite)
avremo	we will have
avrete	you will have (plural) you will have (polite)
avranno	they will have

essere - to be

Italian	English
sarò	I will be
sarai	you will be
sarà	he / she / it will be you will be (polite)
saremo	we will be
sarete	you will be (plural) you will be (polite)
saranno	they will be

The Participio Passato / Past Participle is the second part of the Futuro Anteriore.

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List of some important verbs that form the Futuro Passato / Futuro Anteriore with“essere”:

Infinitive	Participio Passato	English
andare	andato	to go
arrivare	arrivato	to arrive
cadere	caduto	to fall
diventare	diventato	to become
entrare	entrato	to enter
morire	morto	to die
nascere	nato	to be born
partire	partito	to leave
restare	restato	to stay
rimanere	rimasto	to stay
salire	salito	to go up, to go on
scendre	sceso	to go down, to get off
stare	stato	to stand
tornare	tornato	to return
uscire	uscito	to go out
venire	venuto	to come

Reflexive Verbs and the Futuro Anteriore

Reflexive verbs always form the Futuro Anteriore with the auxiliary verb “essere” - to be.

Examples:
Domani avrò già dimenticato i problemi di oggi. - Tomorrow I will already have forgotten the problems.
Luigi andrà alla spiaggia dopo che avrà mangiato. - Luigi wil go to be beach after he will have eaten.
Sara e Stella vedranno la sua amica Paola dopo che avranno preso il caffè. - Sara and Stella will see their friend after they will have had their coffee.

When is the Participio Passato adjusted?

There is NO adjustment of the Participio Passato when:
- the auxiliary verb “avere” is used > avrà ascoltato

There IS AN adjustment of Participio Passato when:
- the auxiliary verb “essere” is used > sarà caduta
- with reflexive verbs > si sarà alzata
- with supplements (direct object) > l’avrà vista

Examples:

A verb which forms the Futuro Anteriore with “avere - to have”: mangiare

Italian	English
avrò mangiato	I will have eaten
avrai mangiato	you will have eaten
avrà mangiato	he / she / it will have eaten you will have eaten (polite)
avremo mangiato	we will have eaten
avrete mangiato	you will have eaten (plural) you will have eaten (polite)
avranno mangiato	they will have eaten

A verb which forms the Futuro Anteriore with “essere - to be”: andare

Italian	English
sarò andato	I will have gone
sarai andato	you will have gone
sarà sandato	he / she / it will have gone you will have gone (polite)
saremo andati	we will have gone
sarete andati	you will have gone (plural) you will have gone (polite)
saranno andati	they will have gone

Example:

Italian	English
Dopo la spesa avrà speso tutti i suoi soldi.	After the shopping, he will have spent his whole money.
Dopo che avrà comprato questa macchina, me la mostrarà.	After he will have bought this car, he will show it to me.

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