We have studied the forms of the verb "haber". This is one of two verbs that we use in Spanish to translate "have", but we must remember that it does not express possession.

That would be "tener". We use the verb "haber" when we say that someone "has done" something. Remember that we use the forms of "haber" with the participle of another verb. That is the form which normally ends in "-do".

Let's take a look at the forms of "haber" to review.

HABER

he        hemos
has       han   
ha

Now let's practice making some sentences using the forms of "haber" to make sure that we have this pattern and the forms firmly in our minds.

Remember that the participle ends in "-ado" when we have an "A" category verb, but with "E" and "I" category verbs, the participle ends in "-ido".

Now we want to look at another way that we use the forms of "haber". Once more let's take a look at the forms of the present of "haber".

HABER

he       hemos
has      han 
ha

Remember that in Spanish, the letter "h" is silent. Keeping this in mind, what we would actually hear is the following.

ABER

e        emos
as       an
a

• I will study
  yo estudiaré
• you will study
  tú estudiarás
• he/she will study
  él/ella estudiará
• we will study
  nosotros estudiarémos
• they will study
  ellos/ellas estudiarán

Notice that the "will" part follows the main verb which we use in the infinitive ("R" form). The "will" part is going to be the same, whether it follows an "A" infinitive, an "E" infinitive, or an "I" infinitive, since it is always the present form of the verb "haber".

The verb "haber" can be used to say "have" as in, "someone has done something", or it can be used to express future actions just like we use "will" in English. However, there is still one little detail that we have to take into account.

We start writing the "will" form as two words, and in modern times we have a one word combination with the written accent mark to preserve the proper stress pattern of the pronunciation.

yo estudiar he yo estudiaré

tú estudiar has tú estudiarás

él/ella estudiar ha él/ella estudiará

nosotros estudiar hemos nosotros estudiaremos

ellos/ellas estudiar han ellos/ellas estudiarán

Notice that in the "nosotros" form we didn't have to add an accent mark. This is because the word "hemos" has two vowels, that is two syllables. The stress is already on the "e" (the next to last syllable) and so when it is added on the end of "estudiar" (or any other infinitive) the stress pattern isn't really changing, so no spelling adjustments with accent marks are needed.

Let's practice building sentences with the "will" pattern

One of the more interesting "will" constructions which has an irregular form, actually uses forms of the verb "haber" twice. The word "hay" means "there is" and comes from the Latin word "have", rather than "is" like in English. It's like saying that "nature" has something there ("it is there"). You might remember that the "R" form of "hay" is "haber" in modern Spanish. So in this case, we are going to use the future stem of "haber" (infinitive minus the "e") plus the present form of "haber" to say "will". Since there is only one form of "there is", there is going to be only one form of "there will be". Our chart would only have a single form for each tense, not separate forms for "I", "you", "he", "she", etc.

Let's take a look at some forms that we should learn to use flexibly.

• there is
  hay
• there is going to be there will be
  va a haber habrá