Question 1

Why use habrá terminado instead of the simple future terminará?

Accepted Answer

Habrá terminado is the future perfect tense, which translates to will have finished. We use it to talk about an action that will already be completed by a certain time in the future. If you said terminará, it would just mean he will finish.

Question 2

I see habrá has an accent mark. Do all future perfect helper verbs have accents?

Accepted Answer

Almost! The helper verb haber in the future tense is conjugated as habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán. Notice that the nosotros form (habremos) is the only one without an accent mark. The accents on the others show that the spoken emphasis falls on the very last syllable.

Question 3

Why does the Spanish say el máster (the master's) when the English translation says his master's?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, it is very common to use a definite article like el instead of a possessive word like su (his) when the owner is already clear from the context. Since the sentence starts with Mi hermano, it is obvious whose degree we are talking about.

Question 4

Could I say dentro de dos años instead of en dos años here?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you could absolutely use dentro de dos años. Both en dos años and dentro de dos años are naturally used in Spain to talk about a timeframe stretching from now into the future.

Mi hermano habrá terminado el máster en dos años.

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