"She will have been waiting for two hours when we arrive."
The future perfect continuous empathizes the duration of an action and is used for actions in the future that will be finished at a specific time. Like every other continuous tense, it doesn’t exist in German.
Formation:
subject + auxiliary “will”/”won’t” + infinite present form of “have” + past participle of “be” (been) + infinite verb + “- ing”
Examples:
- Tomorrow at this time I will have been writing my exam for two hours already.
- I will have been swimming for an hour by 7 a.m.
Formation of questions:
(question word +) auxiliary “will”/”won’t” + subject + infinite present form of “have” + past participle of “be” (been) + infinite verb + “- ing”
Examples:
- How long will she have been waiting, when we get there?
- When will he have been working here for 30 years?
Das Future Perfect Continuous betont die Dauer einer Handlung und wird für Handlungen verwendet, die in einer bestimmten Zeit in der Zukunft beendet sein werden. Wie alle anderen Continuous – Zeitformen, existiert das Future Perfect Continuous nicht im Deutschen.
Bildung:
Subjekt + Hilfverb “will”/”won’t” + ungebeugte Präsensform von “have” + Partizip II von “be” (been) + ungebeugtes Verb + “- ing”
Beispiele:
- Tomorrow at this time I will have been writing my exam for two hours already. (Morgen um diese Zeit werde ich meine Klausur schon für zwei Stunden geschrieben haben.)
- I will have been swimming for an hour by 7 a.m. (Ich werde um 7 Uhr für zwei Stunden geschwommen sein.)
Bildung von Fragen:
(Fragewort +) Hilfsverb “will”/”won’t” + Subjekt + ungebeugte Präsensform von “have” + Partizip II von “be” (been) + ungebeugtes Verb + “- ing”
Beispiele:
- How long will she have been waiting, when we get there? (Wie lange wird sie gewartet haben, wenn wir dort sind?)
- When will he have been working here for 30 years? (Wann wird er hier 30 jahre lang gearbeitet haben?)