ANTE TODO

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• ANTE TODO
• The conditional tense in Spanish expresses what
  you would do or what would happen under certain
  circumstances or conditions.
• The conditional is also commonly used to make
  polite requests or polite statements.
• Me gustaría ir contigo.
• I would like to go with you.
• Podrías abrir la ventana, por favor?
• Would you open the window, please?
• Sería tan amable de venir a mi oficina?
• Would you be so kind as to come to my office?

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• In Spanish, as in English, the conditional also
  expresses the future in relation to a past action
  or state of being. In other words, the future
  indicates what will happen whereas the
  conditional indicates what would happen.
• Creo que mañana hará sol.
• I think it will be sunny tomorrow.
• Creía que hoy haría sol.
• I thought it would be sunny today.
• imperfect condicional

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• In order to use the conditional after the word
  si (if), Spanish requires the use of the past
  subjunctive. Until we learn this, avoid using
  clauses that contain Sipast subjunctive
  conditional. I will give you two that you can
  use
• Si fuera posible, conditional (If it were
  possible)
• Si yo pudiera conditional (If I could)

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• Until you learn the past subjunctive, you can
  start conditional phrases with expressions such
  as
• Con más/menos noun (With more/less)
• Sin verb/noun (Without/ Without verbing)
• Para infinitive (In order to)
• En vez de infinitive (Instead of verbing)
• Conditional pero verb would but

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• While in English the conditional is a compound
  verb form made up of the auxiliary verb would and
  a main verb, in Spanish it is a simple verb form
  that consists of one word.
• Yo no haría trampas.
• I would not cheat.
• Vivirían ustedes en otro país?
• Would you live in another country?

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• ATENCIÓN!
• There is only one set of endings for all ar,-er,
  and ir verbs in the conditional. (ía, ías, ía,
  íamos, íais, ían)
• Note The first person singular and the third
  person singular endings are the same. Context
  will distinguish the subject.
• The ending are attached to either the infinitive
  or the irregular stem, just like the future
  tense. The conditional irregulars are the same as
  the future irregulars.
• All forms of the conditional have an accent mark
  on the last í.

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The conditional tense
visitar comer aplaudir
SINGULAR FORMS
yo visitaría comería aplaudiría
tú visitarías comerías aplaudirías
Ud. / él / ella visitaría comería aplaudiría
PLURAL FORMS
nosotros/as visitaríamos comeríamos aplaudiríamos
vosotros/as visitaríais comeríais aplaudiríais
Uds. / ellos / ellas visitarían comerían aplaudirían
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• For irregular verbs add the conditional endings
  to the irregular stems. Notice that the irregular
  stems are the same as the irregular future stems.
• INFINITIVE STEM CONDITIONAL
• decir dir- diría, etc.
• hacer har- haría. etc.
• poder podr- podría, etc.
• poner pondr- pondría, etc.
• haber habr- habría, etc.
• querer querr- querría, etc.
• saber sabr- sabría, etc.
• salir saldr- saldría, etc.
• tener tendr- tendría, etc.
• venir vendr- vendría, etc.

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• The infinitive of hay is haber, so its
  conditional form is habría. It means there would
  be.

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• The English would is often used with a verb to
  express the conditional, but it can also mean
  used to, in the sense of past habitual action.
• To express past habitual actions, Spanish uses
  the imperfect, not the conditional.
• Íbamos al parque los sábados.
• We would go (used to) to the park on Saturdays.
• De adolescentes, comíamos mucho.
• As teenagers, we would (used to) eat a lot.

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COMPARE CONTRAST

• In Lección 16, you learned the future of
  probability. Spanish also has the conditional of
  probability, which expresses conjecture or
  probability about a past condition, event, or
  action. Compare these Spanish and English
  sentences.
• Serían las once de la noche cuando Elvira me
  llamó.
• It must have been (It was probably) 11 p.m. when
  Elvira called me.
• Sonó el teléfono. Llamaría Emilio para cancelar
  nuestra cita?
• The phone rang. I wondered if it was Emilio
  calling to cancel our date.

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• Note that English conveys conjecture or
  probability with phrases such as I wondered if,
  probably, and must have been. In contrast,
  Spanish gets these same ideas across with
  conditional forms.

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• INTÉNTALO! Indica la forma apropiada del
  condicional de los verbos que están entre
  paréntesis.
• Yo ______ (escuchar, leer, vivir)
• escucharía
• leería
• viviría
• 2. Tú ______ (aprender, comprender, compartir)
• aprenderías
• comprenderías
• compartirías

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• 3. Marcos ______ (poner, venir, querer)
• pondría
• vendría
• querría
• 4. Nosotras ______ (ser, saber, ir)
• seríamos
• sabríamos
• iríamos

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• 5. Ustedes ______ (visitar, correr, preferir)
• visitarían
• correrían
• preferirían
• 6. Ella ______ (salir, poder, hacer)
• saldría
• podría
• haría

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• 7. Yo ______ (tener, tocar, jugar)
• tendría
• tocaría
• jugaría
• 8. Tú ______ (decir, ver, querer)
• dirías
• verías
• querrías