terei + Participle

Futuro Do Presente Composto

Level 4

The Futuro do Presente Composto (also known as Futuro Perfeito do Indicativo) is formed by the future of ter or haver + a past participle. It translates to 'will have [done]' or 'must have [done]'.

How It Works

The Futuro do Presente Composto (or Futuro Perfeito do Indicativo) is a versatile tense with two distinct functions:

1. Future Completion: It indicates an action that will be finished before another future event or a specific deadline.
Example: Até amanhã, eu terei terminado o livro. (By tomorrow, I will have finished the book.)

2. Probability in the Past: Especially common in European Portuguese and formal Brazilian Portuguese, it expresses uncertainty or a guess about a past event.
Example: Onde está ela? Terá esquecido o compromisso? (Where is she? Could she have forgotten the appointment?)

Formation:
It is formed using the auxiliary verb ter or haver in the future tense followed by the Past Participle of the main verb. While ter is more common in modern speech, haver is frequently used in formal and literary contexts (e.g., haverei falado).

  • Eu terei/haverei falado
  • Você/Ele/Ela terá/haverá falado
  • Nós teremos/haveremos falado
  • Vocês/Eles/Elas terão/haverão falado

Important Note: In this compound tense, the past participle is invariable. It always ends in -o, regardless of the subject's gender or number.

Examples (4)

  1. Quando você chegar em casa, eu já terei feito o jantar.

    When you arrive home, I will have already made dinner.

    Word by Word: When you arrive in house, I already will-have made the dinner.

    This shows an action (making dinner) that will be completed before another future action (arriving home).

  2. Até o próximo mês, eles terão concluído o projeto.

    By next month, they will have completed the project.

    Word by Word: Until the next month, they will-have concluded the project.

    This uses a specific deadline ('next month') to mark the completion of the action.

  3. Ele não veio à festa; terá ficado doente?

    He didn't come to the party; could he have gotten sick?

    Word by Word: He not came to-the party; will-have stayed sick?

    Here, the tense is used to express a probability or a guess about why someone didn't show up in the past.

  4. Nós teremos saído antes do amanhecer.

    We will have left before dawn.

    Word by Word: We will-have left before of-the dawn.

    Demonstrates the use of 'teremos' with the invariable participle 'saído'.

Common Mistakes

  • Making the participle agree with the subject.

    Elas terão chegadas cedo.
    Elas terão chegado cedo.

    In compound tenses with 'ter', the past participle is always invariable (masculine singular).

  • Confusing it with the Conditional Perfect (Futuro do Pretérito Composto).

    Se eu tivesse tempo, terei feito o bolo.
    Se eu tivesse tempo, teria feito o bolo.

    Use 'terei' for likely future completion or past probability; use 'teria' for hypothetical 'would have' situations.

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Learn This First

The Futuro do Presente Composto (terei + particípio) is a compound tense. To understand it, a learner must first know how to conjugate the auxiliary verb 'ter' in the simple future and how to form the past participle of the main verb.

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