Future Perfect Tense: amavero

Level 4

Perfect stem plus -ero: will have done.

How It Works

PersonLatinEnglish
IamaveroI will have loved
you (one)amaverisyou will have loved
he, she, itamaverithe will have loved
weamaverimuswe will have loved
you (all)amaveritisyou will have loved
theyamaverintthey will have loved

English says When I come to Rome, with a present tense. Latin is more exact: the coming will be finished before the seeing, so it writes Cum Romam venero, te videbo.

The forms -eris, -erit and -erint are also found in the perfect subjunctive, which comes at Level 5. A main verb in the future tells you that you have the future perfect here.

Examples (5)

  1. Cum Romam venero, te videbo.

    When I come to Rome, I will see you.

    Venero is the future perfect: the coming will be done first.

  2. Si hoc feceris, Iulia laeta erit.

    If you do this, Iulia will be happy.

    Feceris is the future perfect of facio.

  3. Cum Marcus librum legerit, Iulia eum leget.

    When Marcus has read the book, Iulia will read it.

    Legerit is the future perfect of lego.

  4. Ubi pueri cenaverint, in horto ludent.

    When the boys have eaten, they will play in the garden.

    Cenaverint is the future perfect of ceno.

  5. Qui perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit.

    The one who endures to the end will be saved.

    Perseveraverit is the future perfect. The words are from Matthew 10:22 in the Clementine Vulgate, without autem.

Common Mistakes

  • Building the future perfect from the present stem.

    Cum Romam veniero, te videbo.
    Cum Romam venero, te videbo.

    The future perfect uses the perfect stem. The perfect of venio is veni, so the stem is ven-: venero.

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Future Perfect Tense: amaveroLevel 4

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The future perfect is the perfect stem plus ero, so the perfect and ero come first.

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