How do you use the future subjunctive mood of Spanish?

Question

For example, how would you use these in sentences and what are their translations?

ANDAR = TO WALK
yo anduviere
tú anduvieres
él anduviere
nosotros anduviéremos
vosotros anduviereis
ellos anduvieren

CABER = TO FIT
yo cupiere
tú cupieres
él cupiere
nosotros cupiéremos
vosotros cupiereis
ellos cupieren

ESTAR = TO BE
yo estuviere
tú estuvieres
él estuviere
nosotros estuviéremos
vosotros estuviereis
ellos estuvieren

HACER = TO MAKE, TO DO
yo hiciere
tú hicieres
él hiciere
nosotros hiciéremos
vosotros hiciereis
ellos hicieren

Answer 1

It's all but obsolete these days, but crops up in legal documents. It used to be used in phrases like "If he comes early, I'll give him a present" but these days the pres. indictive is used in such cases.

In current legal usage, where the future subjunctive is most common, the form is used mostly in cases involving an indefinite person (translated "one who" or "he who") as in "el que hubiere reunido mayoría absoluta de votos será proclamado Presidente de la República" (the one who has received an absolute majority of votes will be proclaimed president of the Republic).

Don't bother trying to use it; but if you must, it's just like the imp. subj ending in "-ra" but changing the "a" to "e" in all persons.

Answer 2

If you ever have the occasion where you need to know the future subjunctive, it's fairly easy to learn — if you already know the r form (the more common form) of the imperfect subjunctive. The a in the imperfect subjunctive ending is replaced by an e, so the future subjunctive forms of hablar, for example, are hablare, hablares, hablare, habláremos, hablareis and hablaren.

Answer 3

The future subjunctive is (almost) never used in spoken Spanish. It's usually used in poetry, old literature and laws. I'm a native speaker and don't know how to use it. Let me see if i find something

Answer 4

Sorry, I can't help you. English only.