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The Future Perfect Tense in Armenian

Native English speakers frequently use sentences like: “You will have visited Garni, by 2020” or “I will have eaten my breakfast by 11:00.” Here we present an Armenian grammatical structure that functions as future perfect tense in English.

To express an action that will have been done or a process that will have ended by a point in the future, we us perfect participle and the verb “to be” in future conditional tense.

The affirmative of the verb լինել - “to be” in future conditional tense.

ես կլինեմ - I will be

դու կլինես - you will be

նա կլինի - s/he will be

մենք կլինենք - we will be

դուք կլինեք - you will be

նրանք կլինեն - they will be

Notice that this form of the verb “to be” has the same endings as the verb ունենալ - “to have” as conjugated in present tense.

Ես ունեմ - I have

Դու ունես - you have

Նա ունի - s/he has

Մենք ունենք - we have

Դուք ունեք - you have

Նրանք ունեն - they have

We will return to these endings when we discuss the subjunctive mood in Lesson 25. Below two verbs are conjugated in future perfect tense.

Here are two affirmative sentences in future perfect tense.

1) Վաղը ես իմ աշխատանքն ավարտած կլինեմ։ Tomorrow I will have finished my work.

2) Կիրակի օրը Գագիկը նոր դեմքեր նկարած կլինի։ Gagik will have painted new faces on Sunday.

The negatives of future perfect tense is formed by the negative form of the verb լինել - “to be” in future conditional mood.

The negative of the verb լինել - “to be” in the future conditional.

ես չեմ լինի - I will be

դու չես լինի - you will be

նա չի լինի - s/he will be

մենք չենք լինի - we will be

դուք չեք լինի - you will be

նրանք չեն լինի - they will be

Below the negative conjugation of two verbs in future perfect tense are presented.

Here are two negative sentences in future perfect:

1) 2025 թվականին մենք Աշոտին մոռացած չենք լինի։ We will not have forgotten Ashot in 2025.

2) 2020 թվականի աշնանը նրանք գործն ավարտած չեն լինի։ In fall 2020 they will not have finished the work.

Above we learnt that certain verbs have irregular simple past and imperative forms. These same verbs have irregular forms in perfect participles. Their form in perfect participle is similar to their forms in simple past and in imperative mood. The table below presents a partial list of verbs with irregular participles.