The conditional tense El condicional In Spanish the

The conditional tense (El condicional)

In Spanish, the conditional of regular verbs is formed by adding the imperfect endings for -er and -ir verbs to the infinitive. The same endings are used for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. hablaría hablar íamos hablar ías hablaríais hablar ían Again, the infinitive is the basis for all forms of regular verbs. Notice that all forms carry a written accent over the i.

The Spanish conditional tense is formed with only one set of endings for the -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. For regular verbs, the endings are attached to the infinitive, as follows: hablaría hablar íamos hablar ía hablaríais hablar ían Again, the infinitive is the basis for all forms of regular verbs. Notice that all forms carry a written accent over the i.

The Conditional Tense Notice the following chart: tomar yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros/as vosotros/as ellos/as, Uds. tomarías tomaríamos tomaríais tomarían comerías comeríamos comeríais comerían vivirías viviríamos viviríais vivirían

The Conditional Tense The conditional expresses what you would do under certain circumstances. ¿Reciclarías envases de aluminio? Would you recycle aluminum cans? Consumiríamos menos agua. We would consume less water.

The Conditional Tense The conditional is also used when the speaker is referring to an event that is future to another past event. In the future tense, we might say. . . Mañana en la clase, hablaré con el profesor, leeré un cuento chistoso, y escribiré unas frases.

The Conditional Tense The conditional is also used when the speaker is referring to an event that is future to another past event. In the conditional tense, we would say. . . Ayer te dije que hoy, hablaré ía con el el profesor, leeré ía un un cuento chistoso, yy escribiré ía unas frases.

The Conditional Tense The conditional is also used when the speaker is referring to an event that is future to another past event. More examples: Creíamos que habría más gente protestando enfrente de la planta nuclear. We thought there would be more people protesting in front of the nuclear plant. Nos dijo que no contaminarían el agua. He told us they wouldn’t pollute the water.

A Time Line the preterit (ayer) the conditional (future in relation to the past) the present Te dije ayer que hablaría con Juan. the present Yo hablaré con Juan. Toward the past Toward the future

The Conditional Tense The verb deber, when used in the conditional tense, is equivalent to the English should + infinitive. Deberías conservar recursos. You should conserve resources. Deberíamos hablar con el jefe lo antes posible. We should speak with the boss as soon as possible.

Irregular Verbs in the Conditional Tense The conditional has the same irregular stems as the future. 1. Drop two letters to form the stem of the future. decir - hacer ha cer - dirías diría harías haría diríamos diríais dirían haríamos haríais harían

Irregular Verbs in the Conditional Tense The conditional has the same irregular stems as the future. 2. The e of the infinitive ending is dropped to form the stem of the future. haber poder querer saber haberpoderquerersaber- habría, habrías, . . . podría, podrías, . . . querría, querrías, . . . sabría, sabrías, . . .

Irregular Verbs in the Conditional Tense The conditional has the same irregular stems as the future. 3. The e or the i of the infinitive ending is replaced by d to form the stem of the future. poner salir tener venir pondersaldir tendervendir - pondría, pondrías, . . saldría, saldrías, . . . tendría, tendrías, . . . vendría, vendrías, . .

A Special Use of the Conditional Tense Probability or conjecture with regard to the past is often expressed in Spanish with the conditional. ¿A que hora sería la conferencia de prensa? I wonder at what time the press conference was. Sería a las cuatro. It was probably at four.

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