Transcript Conditional and Conditional Perfect

Conditional and Conditional
Perfect
Lección 8
In Spanish the conditional is formed by adding the
imperfect ending for –er and –ir verbs to the infinitive.
The same endings are used for –ar, -er, and –ir verbs.
tomar
comer
vivir
yo
tomaría
comería
viviría
tú
tomarías
comerías
vivirías
Ud., él, ella
tomaría
comería
viviría
nosotros/as
tomaríamos
comeríamos
viviríamos
vosotros/as
tomaríais
comeríais
viviríais
Uds., ellos, ellas
tomarían
comerían
vivirían
Used to state what you would do in
some future or hypothetical situation.
• Dijo que eliminaría el colesterol de su dieta.
– She said that she would eliminate cholesterol
from her diet.
• ¿Comerías un arroz a la marinera?
– Would you eat seafood rice?
It is also used when the speaker is referring to
an event that is future to a point in the past.
• Creía que habría más gente en el restaurante.
– I thought that there would be more people at the
restaurant.
• Ellos me informaron que preferirían el
pescado a la plancha.
– They informed me that they would prefer the
grilled fish.
It is also used to express a request in a
courteous manner.
• Me gustaría un vaso de agua.
– I would like a glass of water.
• ¿Podría pasarme la sal?
– Could you pass me the salt?
The conditional of deber, like the present
indicative, translates as should.
• No deberías quemar la carne.
– You shouldn’t burn the meat.
• Deberían encender el horno ahora.
– They should turn on the oven now.
The conditional has the same irregular
stems as the future.
decir
dir-
diría ….
haber
habr-
habría ….
hacer
har-
haría ….
poder
podr-
podría ….
poner
pondr-
pondría ….
querer
querr-
querría ….
saber
sabr-
sabría ….
salir
saldr-
saldría ….
tener
tendr-
tendría ….
venir
vendr-
vendría ….
Probability in the past is often expressed in the
Spanish with conditional.
• ¿Cuándo preparó la chef el caldo?
– When did the chef prepare the broth?
• Lo prepararía esta mañana.
– She probably prepared it this morning.
The conditional perfect is formed with the
conditional of the auxiliary verb haber.
Conditional
Past Participle
yo
habría
asado
tú
habrías
metido
Ud., él, ella
habría
medido
nosotros/as
habríamos
pelado
vosotros/as
habríais
dependido
Uds., ellos, ellas
habrían
hervido
The conditional perfect is used to express
an action which would or should have
occurred but did not.
• Habría enlatado el maíz,pero mis hijos ya se lo
habían comido.
– I would have canned the corn, but my children
had already eaten it.
• Habríamos cocido los alimentos con menos
líquido, pero no teníamos las proporciones
correctas.
– We would have cooked the food with less liquid,
but we didn’t have the correct proportions.
The conditional perfect is also used to
express probability or conjecture.
• Emril habría asistido a una escuela culinaria
antes de hacerse famoso.
– Emril had probably attended a culinary school
before becoming famous.
• ¿Habría engordado Eduardo el primer año de
casado?
– I wonder if Eduardo gained weight during his first
year of marriage.