Unit 110 Guidebook: talk about the future

KEY PHRASES

Talk about the future

Quando arriverò non avrò ancora fatto colazione.
When I arrive I will not have had breakfast yet.
Cosa avrà voluto dire?
What will it have meant?
Sarà andata via prima di te.
She will have gone away before you.
Tra un anno saranno diventati marito e moglie.
In a year they will have become husband and wife.
Avrai già vissuto in un altro paese.
You will have already lived in another country.
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Avrai lavorato tutto il giorno

In English, we can say By tonight I will have already cooked. In Italian, you do pretty much the same thing!

First, take the future form of avere.

subject verb (avere)
io
I		 avrò
will have
tu
you		 avrai
will have
lui / lei
he / she		 avrà
will have
noi
we		 avremo
will have
voi
you all		 avrete
will have
loro
they		 avranno
will have

Then, change the ending on the following verb to ‑ato, ‑uto, or ‑ito.

Per stasera avrò già cucinato.
By tonight I will have already cooked.
Non avrai creduto alle sue parole.
You will not have believed his words.
Per domani avremo seguito tutti i corsi.
By tomorrow we will have attended all the courses.

Usually, you’ll use ‑ato for verbs that end in ‑are, ‑uto for ‑ere verbs, and ‑ito for ‑ire verbs.

Io avrò trovato il ristorante.
I will have found the restaurant.
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Non so se ci sarà piaciuto

For some verbs that talk about motion (like venire and andare), you’ll use the future of essere instead of avere.

Sarà andato via prima di te.
He will have gone away before you.
Domani sarò arrivato.
Tomorrow I will have arrived.

Verbs that include extra little words also use essere in these cases.

Non ti sarai sentito solo?​
Won't you have felt lonely?
Si sarà ricordato di lei?
Will he have remembered her?