Transcript Conditional Tense

How to form and use the
conditional tense in Spanish.
Definition: the conditional tense is in the future.
It translates in English as …
I would …
We would …
You would …
You would (pl) …
He/She would …
They would …
•To start with, you need an infinitive,
i.e. vivir, comer, escuchar .. etc
•Then, you need to add on the
endings to the infinitive. The
endings are …
•These endings work for -er,
-ir and also -ar verbs, like the
future tense.
-ía
-ías
-ía
-íamos
-íais
-ían
As with any tense, there are some irregulars, unfortunately.
And these are …
Querer – querr…
Hacer – har…
Decir – dir…
Poner – pondr…
Caber – cabr…
Saber – sabr…
Tener – tendr…
Poder – podr…
Salir – saldr…
Venir – vendr…
Haber – habr…
You just add the endings onto these
stems, instead of the infinitive.
And, as you should all notice, these are the same verbs that
are irregular for the future tense as well, as they all have the
same irregular future stem, i.e., the bit you add the ending
onto.
So, now for some exercises
to help everyone understand
how to properly form the
tense.
Just to remember them for the exercises …
-ían
-ías
-íais
-ía
-íamos
-ía
How do you say … ?
I would speak
You would listen
These are all regular verbs.
Hablaría
Escucharías
She would eat
Comería
We would start
Comenzaríamos
You (pl) would go
Iríais
They would drink
Beberían
This is the same exercise but with the irregular verbs.
We would say
I would fit
Diríamos
Cabría
They would know
Sabrían
You would want
Querrías
He would be able to
You (pl) would go out
Podría
Saldríais
1. You start with an infinitive of the verb.
2. You then add on the appropriate ending onto the infinitive.
3. When the verb is irregular, use the future verb stem and then
add on the same appropriate ending.
-ía
-ías
-íamos
-ía
-íais
-ían
Hacer – har…
Poner – pondr…
Caber – cabr…
Tener – tendr…
Querer – querr…
Salir – saldr…
Saber – sabr…
Haber – habr…
Decir – dir…
Poder – podr…
Venir – vendr…