"I WOULD write this sentence in Spanish if I knew how to form the CONDITIONAL TENSE!"- Anonymous viewer
Well hey, Blog friends! Don't fear! We'll teach you how to form the conditional right here, right now, in this post!
First off, the Conditional Tense describes what would happen. An example of this can be found in the above quote.
Forming regular Conditional Tense verbs is a very easy task.
Like the future verbs, all you do is add a specific ending to the infinitive!
Here are the endings with the verb HABLAR(to talk) :
hablaría hablaríamos
hablarías
hablaría hablarían
The conditional is so tricky that some verbs actually change in the stem! These are called irregulars.
Luckily, you form the conditional stem changes the same way you would for the future. Now, there's no trick to learning these except for the fact that you have to memorize them!
DECIR- DIR
HABER- HABR
HACER-HAR
PODER-PODR
PONER-PONDR
COMPONER-COMPONDR
SABER-SABR
SALIR-SALDR
VENIR-VENDR
TENER-TENDR
QUERER-QUERR
CONTENER-CONTENDR
After these stem changes, you need to add one of the endings stated in green above.
Need another example?
When I go to the store, I would buy a T-shirt!
Cuando voy a la tienda, yo iría un camiseta!
There you have it! Now you CAN write your sentences in the Conditional Tense, Anonymous viewer!
