El CondiCional Los apuntes de clase. In Spanish, the conditional tense is a simple tense: it consists of ONE word. I. Formation of the Conditional Tense.

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1 El CondiCional Los apuntes de clase

2 In Spanish, the conditional tense is a simple tense: it consists of ONE word. I. Formation of the Conditional Tense. For most verbs, the infinitive is the conditional stem. The conditional tense endings are attached to the infinitive (Just like with the future tense). NOTE! The conditional endings are the same for ALL verbs, regular and irregular.

3 NOTE!The conditional endings are the same as the IMPERFECT endings for –ER and –IR verbs. A. The Conditional tense endings are: Ellos / Ellas / Uds ían Vosotros íais Nosotros íamos Él / Ella / Ud. ía Tú ías Yo infinitive ía

4 Conjugate the verbs HABLAR and VIVIR. HablaríaViviría Hablarías Vivirías Hablaría Viviría Hablaríamos Viviríamos Hablaríais Viviríais Hablarían Vivirían

5 CabréCabría HabréHabría PodréPodría QuerréQuerría The same SabréSabría stem throughout PondréPondría the entire SaldréSaldría conjugation. TendréTendría ValdréValdría VendréVendría DiréDiría Haré Haría B. The irregulars in the conditional tense. (12) IRREGULAR verbs in the conditional tense are the SAME verbs as in the future tense. Keep the same stem and add the conditional endings.

6 II. Usage of the Conditional tense A.The main reason to use the Conditional tense is to tell what WOULD or WOULD NOT happen or WOULD BE. ¿Hablarías con la chica? Would you talk with the girl? Con $100,00, me compraría una guitarra. With $100.00, I would buy myself a guitar.

7 B. The Conditional tense is used to express wonderment. (in the past time) Must be used in a question. ¿Dónde estaría Felipe? I wonder where Felipe was? ¿Qué hora sería cuando llegó él? I wonder what time it was when he arrived?

8 C. The Conditional tense is used to express probability. (in the past time) Felipe estaría en casa. Felipe was probably at home. Serían las cuatro de la tarde. It was probably 4:00pm.