Future Perfect TenseChapter 17

Forming the Future Perfect: Step 1

Forming the future perfect tense in Latin is just as easy as the pluperfect! Just follow these very familiar steps :

1. Find the perfect stem. The perfect stem is found by looking at the third principal part of the verb and removing the –i.

▪ Example: amo, amare, amavi, amatus perfect stem=amav-

Forming the Future Perfect: Step 2

Add the letters “eri” to the perfect stem. Example: amaveri-

Forming the Future Perfect: Step 3

Add the personal endings. (Use the same ones you used for the imperfect.)

-m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt

Example

Amo, amare, amavi, amatus

Singular Plural

1st person amaverim amaverimus

2nd person amaveris amaveritis

3rd person amaverit amaverint

Example

Duco, ducere, duxi, ductus

Singular Plural

1st person duxerim duxerimus

2nd person duxeris duxeritis

3rd person duxerit duxerint

Translation of the Future Perfect Always translate the future perfect with

the words, “will have.” Examples:

amo, amare, amavi, amatus ▪ amaverim= I will have loved

moneo, monere, monui, monitus ▪ monuerit= he will have warned

capio, capere, cepi, captus ▪ ceperimus= we will have captured

Future Perfect of sum and possum

Although sum and possum are irregular verbs, the future perfect is still formed just as any other regular verb would be.

Sum, esse, fui

  Singular Plural

1st person Fuerim – I will have been

Fuerimus- we will have been

2nd person Fueris- you will have been

Fueritis- you will have been

3rd person Fuerit- he will have been

Fuerint- they will have been

Possum, posse, potui

Singular Plural

1st person Potuerim - I will have been able

Potuerimus - we will have been able

2nd person Potueris - you will have been able

Potueritis - you will have been able

3rd person Potuerit - he will have been able

Potuerint - they will have been able