This form is also almost nonexistant, and almost always replaced by a pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo. The futuro perfecto de subjuntivo is used to describe a hypothetical, finished action in the future.

= Para cuando los dueños hayan llegado a la casa, deberás haberte ido. Para cuando los dueños hubieren llegado a la casa, deberás haberte ido. It is only used in some legal texts or sayings such as 'a donde fueres, haz lo que vieres'. This form is almost nonexistant, and almost always replaced by a presente de subjuntivo or a presente de indicativo in type I if-clauses, which never take a subjunctive. The futuro de subjuntivo is used to describe a hypothetical, not finished action in the future. = Cuando tengamos dinero, nos iremos de vacaciones. It's rare in modern Spanish, and usually replaced by a pretérito perfecto simple.Ĭuando tuviéremos dinero, nos iremos de vacaciones. It usually follows adverbs of immediateness such as apenas, en cuanto, tan pronto como, una vez que, etc. The pretérito anterior is used to describe an action that happened immediately before another. Here's how they would be used in a literary context (a book, a poem, etc.) and its equivalent in standard Spanish:Įn cuanto hube terminado de comer, me levanté de la mesa y me fui.= En cuanto terminé de comer, me levanté de la mesa y me fui. The forms marked as literary are: pretérito anterior de indicativo, futuro de subjuntivo and futuro perfecto de subjuntivo. Presente: canta (tú), cantad (vosotros), cante (usted), canten (ustedes), cantemos (cantemos) → Sing Let's sing.Futuro perfecto: yo hubiere cantado (no direct translation to English).Futuro: yo cantare (no direct translation to English).Pretérito pluscuamperfecto: yo hubiera/hubiese 1 cantado → I had sung.Pretérito imperfecto: yo cantara/cantase 1 → I sang.

Pretérito perfecto compuesto: yo haya cantado → I have sung.Pretérito anterior: yo hube cantado (no direct translation to English).These are the literary forms, so they are hardly ever used: Futuro perfecto: yo habré cantado → I will have sung.Condicional perfecto: yo habría cantado → I would have sung.Condicional: yo cantaría → I would sing.Pretérito pluscuamperfecto: yo había cantado → I had sung.Pretérito imperfecto: yo cantaba → I sang, I used to sing, I would sing.Pretérito perfecto compuesto: yo he cantado → I have sung.Pretérito perfecto simple: yo canté → I sang.Here's a table of all the conjugation forms in Spanish: LINK Indicativo

Past tense of sing in spanish