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Asignatura – Español Grado: IGCSE IX Sec: …

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Nombre: ………Tanisha Jain………………… Fecha: ……15/12/20…………

The Conditional Tense

In Spanish, the conditional tense serves two main roles. One is a form of politeness. When
we are asked if we want a drink while we are visiting someone, we respond politely by
using “would” with the verb -- “Yes, I would like a coke.” What we are saying is we will
have it if they are willing to give it. It is a conditional desire. In Spanish, we express this
conditional desire by using the conditional tense of the verb.
Me gustaría tomar un café.
I would like coffee. (if you are willing to give it to me)

The second main use of the conditional tense is to express probability. In this role, there are
several subroles:
1. To express something you would do if something else were possible.
Iría a Mexico si tuviera dinero.
I would go to Mexico if I had money.

2. Probability regarding the past.

¿Quién sería?
I wonder who that was.

Serían las cinco cuando salieron.

It was probably five o’clock when they went out.

The conditional tense is most commonly translated as the verb with a “would” in front of it
-- I would talk, you would eat, she would receive, etc.

To form the conditional tense, add the imperfect -ir and -er endings to the INFINITIVE:

-ía -íamos
-ías -íais
-ía -ían

However, the same verbs that change in the future tense also change the same for the
conditional tense. (hacer = haría, tener = tendría, etc.)

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 gustarían

preferiría

dormiría

perpararías

iría
tomaría Me bañaría

constuirían
jugarían
montaríamos

nos ducharíamos iríamos

cenaría

pedirías tomarías

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