El Condicional “would” ¡Terminé mis estudios! Ahora buscaré un trabajo. ¡Felicidades! Pero yo en tu lugar no buscaría un trabajo… ¡Yo viajaría por el mundo!
A kid is getting bullied in the hallway. “would” A kid is getting bullied in the hallway. What would I do? What would you do? He would like some help. We would help. They would need to talk to the principal.
El Condicional The conditional is used to express what would occur under certain circumstances.
“would” To translate “would” into Spanish: Use the conditional tense conjugations. Like the future tense: These conjugations are added to the infinitive.
Hablar “Would talk” hablaría hablarías hablaríamos hablaríais hablarían Note that all of the conditional endings carry a written accent mark.
Endings are added to the infinitives “would” Like the future tense: All infinitives (ar,er, ir) have the same endings. Endings are added to the infinitives -ía -íamos -ías -íais -ían
Comer “Would eat” comería comerías comeríamos comeríais comerían Note that all of the conditional endings carry a written accent mark.
vivir “Would live” viviría vivirías viviríamos viviríais vivirían Note that all of the conditional endings carry a written accent mark.
The conditional tense has the same irregulars as the future tense. “would” The conditional tense has the same irregulars as the future tense.
Replace the e/i of the infinitive ending with a “d” S T V pondr saldr tendr vendr
Drop the e/i of the infinitive ending S Q C podr sabr querr cabr
Drop the c and e of the infinitive har dir
práctica I would help. Yo ayudaría. What would you do? ¿Qué harías tú? The boy would need to tell someone. El chico necesitaría decirle a alguien.
práctica We would talk with the bully (el abusón). Hablaríamos con el abusón. Would you all say anything (algo)? ¿Diríais algo? They would go to the office. Ellos irían a la oficina.
Práctica Si viviera en España yo... 1.____________ (comer) tapas. 2. ____________ (ir) a corridas de toros de vez en cuando. 3. __________ (hablar) español todos los días. 4. _________ (viajar) en tren para visitar otras ciudades y ________ (beber) sangría a diario.