amar means: to love
In this lesson we will learn how to conjugate the verb amar in the Futuro Perfecto tense of the Subjuntivo mood. It means we will see step by step how to get the following conjugation:
yo | hubiere amado |
tú | hubieres amado |
él/ella/usted | hubiere amado |
nosotros/nosotras | hubiéremos amado |
vosotros/vosotras | hubiereis amado |
ellos/ellas/ustedes | hubieren amado |
Step by step instructions
Futuro Perfecto is a compound tense (Spanish: compuesto). It means that all of its conjugated forms consist of two words. In Spanish language, there are also simple tenses, where each conjugated verb form is one word long. A compound tense is indicated by the ending of the auxiliary verb, not by the ending of the main verb, which is the case in Spanish simple tenses. In the compound tenses, every person’s form consist of two parts:
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Refer to the conjugation charts to learn how to conjugate the auxiliary verb haber. That’s a separate topic, so for brevity we are focusing on the parts derived from amar only in this lesson. In order to create the Participio form, we need a stem and an ending. We use the stem of the infinitive of the main verb, and a single ending, which depends on the conjugation group of the main verb. So we begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s easy to do – simply remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form to get the ending – one of -ar, -er, -ir. What’s left is the stem. So for amar:
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Based on the ending of the infinitive we can recognize that amar belongs to the -ar verb group. This group, in turn, uses the -ado ending in its Participio form. Putting all that together, our Participio is: amado. Now, as we understand how both parts used by this tense are created separately, we can proceed with creating the final conjugation forms. |
In order to create the first person singular form, we need to take the first person singular form of haber conjugated in Futuro de Subjuntivo, which is hubiere. And to that we add the Participio amado to get hubiere amado:
Next, to create the form for the second person singular, we again need to take the second person singular form of haber from the Futuro de Subjuntivo tense, and it is hubieres. And to this auxiliary verb we add the Participio amado (so the exact same word as previously) to get hubieres amado:
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Similarly, if we want to create the form for the third person singular, we conjugate haber in the Futuro tense and we utilize the corresponding person’s form (third person singular), namely hubiere. Then we also take the same Participio as for all other persons, and putting them together we get hubiere amado:
The first person plural has the form hubiéremos amado. It’s created by following the same logic as in the other persons. We first take the form of the first person plural from haber conjugation in the Futuro de Subjuntivo tense: hubiéremos. Second, to this word we again add the Participio of amar: amado to get hubiéremos amado:
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Again, let’s do the same for the second person plural. We need to get the conjugated form of the verb haber in the Futuro de Subjuntivo tense, second person plural, and it’s hubiereis. Next, we take the unchanged Participio, we join them, and we get hubiereis amado:
And finally, the last grammatical person on the list, the third person plural, has the form hubieren amado. We create it in the exact same manner as in all the other grammatical persons. We need the third person plural of haber first, from its Futuro conjugation. It is hubieren. We add the Participio of amar again (amado) to get hubieren amado:
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This is it! The conjugation is now done. But don’t end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.
Next Steps
- To practice this conjugation and test your skills check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game
- For exercises and examples related to amar visit our Exercise section
- To see conjugation charts in all tenses for amar visit the Conjugator
- To explore other learning materials visit the Study section