Haber (to have) · Future
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Haber in the Spanish future (futuro simple) is: yo habré, tú habrás, él/ella/usted habrá, nosotros/as habremos, vosotros/as habréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes habrán. The future of haber uses the irregular contracted stem 'habr-' (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán). It serves as the auxiliary in the future perfect ('habré comido' = I will have eaten) and as the impersonal 'habrá' for future existence.
| To Have | Haber |
|---|---|
| I will have | yo habré |
| you will have | tú habrás |
| he/she will have | él/ella/usted habrá |
| we will have | nosotros/as habremos |
| you will have | vosotros/as habréis |
| they will have | ellos/ellas/ustedes habrán |
Haber (to have) in context
Sentences that use haber in the future. Tap each to hear it.
By tomorrow I will have finished the book.
Soon you will have learned everything.
There will be many people at the event.
By Friday we will have finished the project.
You will have seen the truth very soon.
The guests will have arrived before eight.
Working with the future
The simple future ("haré", "tendré") competes with the more conversational "voy a + infinitive" construction in everyday Spanish — the going-to form is more common for near-term plans. The simple future shines in two cases: formal or more distant predictions, and conjecture about the present ("¿qué hora será?" = "what time could it be?"). About 12 high-frequency verbs use contracted future stems (har-, dir-, tendr-, pondr-, vendr-, saldr-, podr-, querr-, sabr-, habr-, valdr-, cabr-); the rest just append future endings to the full infinitive.
Frequently asked questions
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