Learn Future Perfect Continuous Tense | Basic English Grammar Course

Hi, everybody.

Dia dhaoibh.

I’m Esther.

Is mise Esther.

Welcome to the last tense.

Fáilte go dtí an aimsir dheiridh.

If you haven't checked out my earlier videos on the tenses,

Mura bhfuil mo chuid físeáin níos luaithe ar na haimsirí seiceáilte agat,

please go check them out now.

féach anois le do thoil.

In this video, I will talk about the future perfect continuous tense.

San fhíseán seo, labhróidh mé faoin aimsir leanúnach foirfe amach anseo.

This tense can be used to describe an ongoing action

Is féidir an aimsir seo a úsáid chun cur síos a dhéanamh ar ghníomh

or situation that will last for a specified period of time in the future.

nó ar chás leanúnach a mhairfidh ar feadh tréimhse sonraithe ama amach anseo.

There's a lot to learn, so keep watching.

Tá go leor le foghlaim, mar sin coinnigh ort ag faire.

The future perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an ongoing situation

Úsáidtear an aimsir leanúnach foirfe sa todhchaí chun labhairt faoi chás leanúnach

that will be in progress for a period of time at a specific point in time in the future.

a bheidh ar siúl ar feadh tréimhse ama ag pointe ama ar leith amach anseo.

Let's take a look at some examples.

A ligean ar ghlacadh le breathnú ar roinnt samplaí.

The first sentence says,

Deir an chéad abairt,

‘She will have been living in Ireland for 10 years at that point.’

'Beidh sí ina cónaí in Éirinn ar feadh 10 mbliana ag an bpointe sin.'

So no matter what the subject, in this case we have ‘she’,

Mar sin is cuma cén t-ábhar, sa chás seo ní mór dúinn 'she',

we follow with ‘will have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

leanaimid le 'beidh a bheith' agus ansin 'briathar +ing'.

So, ‘She will have been living in Ireland …’

Mar sin, ‘Beidh sí ina cónaí in Éirinn …’

Then this sentence has the duration.

Ansin tá an fad ag an abairt seo.

What period of time will this last? ‘for 10 years’

Cén tréimhse ama a mhairfidh sé seo? 'ar feadh 10 mbliana'

And when?

Agus cathain?

Remember, we need a point in time in the future.

Cuimhnigh, teastaíonn pointe ama uainn amach anseo.

In this case, we just use a general expression, ‘at that point’.

Sa chás seo, ní úsáidimid ach slonn ginearálta, 'ag an bpointe sin'.

Here, it's not specific and that's okay.

Anseo, níl sé sonrach agus tá sé sin ceart go leor.

We'll see some specific examples in the next sentence.

Feicfimid roinnt samplaí sonracha sa chéad abairt eile.

‘By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.’

'Faoi mheán oíche, beidh sé ina chodladh ar feadh ceithre huaire an chloig.'

Here, the specific time in the future comes at the beginning of the sentence.

Anseo, tagann an t-am sonrach sa todhchaí ag tús na habairte.

‘By midnight’ And, again, we see ‘will have been’ + verb 'ing'.

‘faoi mheán oíche’ Agus, arís, feicimid ‘beidh curtha’ + briathar ‘ing’.

‘By midnight, he will have been sleeping for four hours.’.

‘Faoi mheán oíche, beidh sé ina chodladh ar feadh ceithre huaire an chloig.’.

Here we have ‘for four hours’.

Anseo tá 'ar feadh ceithre huaire' againn.

This shows the duration or how long this action will be in progress.

Léiríonn sé seo fad nó cé chomh fada a bheidh an gníomh seo ar siúl.

So, again, ‘By midnight he will have been sleeping for four hours.’

Mar sin, arís, 'Faoi mheán oíche beidh sé ina chodladh ar feadh ceithre huaire an chloig.'

The last sentence says, ‘In June …’

Deir an abairt dheireanach, ‘I mí an Mheithimh …’

Here, again, we have the specific time in the future at the beginning of the sentence.

Anseo, arís, tá am faoi leith againn amach anseo ag tús na habairte.

‘In June, ‘we’ that's the subject.

‘I mí an Mheithimh, ‘sinn’ sin an t-ábhar.

‘we'll have been studying …’ There's the ‘verb +ing’.

'beidh muid ag staidéar...' Tá an 'briathar +ing' ann.

‘… at this university for four years.’

'… ag an ollscoil seo ar feadh ceithre bliana.'

Here is the duration, ‘for four years’.

Seo é an ré, ‘for four years’.

Good job.

Maith thú.

And let's move on.

Agus a ligean ar bogadh ar aghaidh.

Now, let's look at the negative form of the future perfect continuous tense.

Anois, déanaimis féachaint ar an bhfoirm dhiúltach den aimsir leanúnach foirfe sa todhchaí.

In the affirmative form, we say ‘subject’ + ‘will have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

San fhoirm dhearfach, deirimid 'subject' + 'beidh' agus ansin 'briathar +ing'.

In the negative form, however, we say, ‘subject’ + ‘will not have been’

San fhoirm dhiúltach, áfach, deirimid, ‘subject’ + ‘ní bheidh’

and then ‘verb +ing’.

agus ansin ‘briathar +ing’.

Let's take a look at some examples.

A ligean ar ghlacadh le breathnú ar roinnt samplaí.

The first sentence here says,

Deir an chéad abairt anseo,

‘At that point, I will not have been living in Spain for 10 years.’

'Ag an bpointe sin, ní bheidh mé i mo chónaí sa Spáinn ar feadh 10 mbliana.'

And so you see it.

Agus mar sin a fheiceann tú é.

‘I’ is the subject.

Is é ‘mise’ an t-ábhar.

‘… will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’.

'Ní bheidh ...' agus ansin 'briathar +ing'.

In this case, ‘living’.

Sa chás seo, 'beo'.

The next sentence says,

Deir an chéad abairt eile,

‘He will not have been sleeping for four hours by midnight.’

'Ní bheidh sé ina chodladh ar feadh ceithre huaire an chloig faoi mheán oíche.'

Again, we see the ‘subject’ + ‘will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’,

Arís, feicimid an 'ábhar' + 'ní bheidh' agus ansin 'briathar +ing',

‘sleeping’.

'codlata'.

The last sentence says,

Deir an abairt dheireanach,

‘By then, we will not have been studying at this university for three years.’

'Faoin am sin, ní bheidh muid ag staidéar san ollscoil seo ar feadh trí bliana.'

Again, we see the ‘subject’ + ‘we will not have been’ and then ‘verb +ing’

Arís, feicimid an ‘ábhar’ + ‘ní bheidh muid’ agus ansin ‘briathar +ing’

here, ‘studying’.

anseo, ‘ag staidéar’.

Let's move on.

Bogaimis ar aghaidh.

Now let's take a look at how to form questions in the future perfect continuous tense.

Anois féachaimis ar conas ceisteanna a chumadh san aimsir leanúnach foirfe amach anseo.

Here, the sentence says,

Anseo, deir an abairt,

‘Sean will have been playing soccer for a year by December.’

'Beidh Seán ag imirt sacair ar feadh bliana faoi mhí na Nollag.'

To turn this into a question, all we have to do is switch the order of the first two words.

Chun ceist a chur air seo, níl le déanamh againn ach ord an chéad dá fhocal a athrú.

So instead of ‘Sean will’, I can say ‘Will Sean’.

Mar sin in ionad ‘Beidh Sean’, is féidir liom ‘Will Sean’ a rá.

‘Will Sean have been playing soccer for a year by December?’

'An mbeidh Seán ag imirt sacair ar feadh bliana faoi mhí na Nollag?'

You'll notice that the rest of the sentence stays the same.

Tabharfaidh tú faoi deara go bhfanann an chuid eile den abairt mar a chéile.

I can answer by saying, ‘Yes, he will have.’

Is féidir liom a fhreagairt ag rá, 'Tá, beidh sé.'

or ‘No, he will have not.’

nó 'Ní bheidh, ní bheidh sé.'

The next sentence says,

Deir an chéad abairt eile,

‘They will have been working there for three months by that time.’

'Beidh siad ag obair ann ar feadh trí mhí faoin am sin.'

Again, I changed the order of the first two words.

Arís, d’athraigh mé ord an chéad dá fhocal.

To turn this into a question ‘They will’ becomes ‘Will they’.

Chun é seo a iompú ina cheist "Beidh siad" a thiocfaidh chun bheith 'An mbeidh siad'.

‘Will they have been working there for three months by that time?’

'An mbeidh siad ag obair ann ar feadh trí mhí faoin am sin?'

Again, the rest of the sentence stays the same.

Arís, fanann an chuid eile den abairt mar a chéile.

I can answer by saying, ‘Yes, they will have.’

Is féidir liom a fhreagairt ag rá, 'Sea, beidh siad.'

or ‘No, they will have not.’

nó 'Ní bheidh, ní bheidh siad.'

Let's move on.

Bogaimis ar aghaidh.

Now let's take a look at how to form ‘WH” questions in the future perfect continuous tense.

Anois breathnaímis ar conas ceisteanna “WH” a fhoirmiú san aimsir leanúnach foirfe amach anseo.

Take a look at the board.

Féach ar an mbord.

All of these questions begin with a ‘WH’ word.

Tosaíonn na ceisteanna seo go léir le focal ‘WH’.

‘where’ ‘what’

'cá' 'cad'

‘who’ and ‘how long’

'cé' agus 'cé chomh fada'

Take a look at the first question.

Féach ar an gcéad cheist.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Cá mbeidh tú ag siúl?'

To form a ‘WH’ question, we start with the ‘WH’ word, then ‘will’.

Chun ceist 'WH' a fhoirmiú, cuirimid tús leis an bhfocal 'WH', ansin 'beidh'.

After that, we add the subject, ‘you’, ‘they’, ‘she’ and ‘you’.

Ina dhiaidh sin, cuirimid an t-ábhar, 'tú', 'siad', 'sí' agus 'tú'.

After that, we add ‘have been’ + ‘verb +ing’.

Ina dhiaidh sin, cuirimid ‘have been’ + ‘verb +ing’.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Cá mbeidh tú ag siúl?'

‘What will they have been playing?’

'Cad a bheidh siad ag imirt?'

‘Who will she have been talking to?’

'Cé leis a mbeidh sí ag caint?'

and ‘How long will you have been working …?’

agus 'Cá fhad a bheidh tú ag obair ...?'

There's the ‘verb +ing’.

Tá an ‘briathar +ing’ ann.

‘ … there by the time you finish?’

' ... ann faoin am a chríochnaíonn tú?'

So let's go through one more time and I'll show you how to answer these questions.

Mar sin déanaimis dul trí am amháin eile agus taispeánfaidh mé duit conas na ceisteanna seo a fhreagairt.

‘Where will you have been walking?’

'Cá mbeidh tú ag siúl?'

I can answer by saying, ‘I will have been walking in the park.’

Is féidir liom a fhreagairt ag rá, 'Beidh mé ag siúl sa pháirc.'

‘What will they have been playing?’

'Cad a bheidh siad ag imirt?'

‘They will have been playing video games.’

'Beidh siad ag imirt físchluichí.'

‘Who will she have been talking to?’

'Cé leis a mbeidh sí ag caint?'

‘She will have been talking to her cousin.’

'Beidh sí ag caint lena col ceathrar.'

And finally,

Agus ar deireadh,

‘How long will you have been working there by the time you finish?’

'Cá fhad a bheidh tú ag obair ann faoin am a chríochnaíonn tú?'

‘By the time I finish, I will have been working there for five years.’

'Faoin am a chríochnóidh mé, beidh mé ag obair ann ar feadh cúig bliana.'

Let's move on.

Bogaimis ar aghaidh.

Congratulations!

Comhghairdeachas!

You have learned all 12 main English tenses.

Tá gach ceann de na 12 phríomhaimsir Bhéarla foghlamtha agat.

It's now time to keep practicing them in your reading and your writing.

Tá sé in am anois leanúint ar aghaidh ag cleachtadh iad i do chuid léitheoireachta agus scríbhneoireachta.

I hope to see you in my next videos.

Tá súil agam tú a fheiceáil sna físeáin seo chugainn.

Bye.

Slán.