French/Grammar/Tenses/Present conditional

Usage of the conditional (present) The conditional tense is used when: a hypothetical situation is described. In which case the structure "Si + l'imparfait, le conditionnel" is used. e.g. If I saw (or If I were to see) her, I would not recognize her. - Si je la voyais, je ne la reconnaîtrais pas. a polite request needs to be made: e.g. I would like a small salad, please. - Je voudrais (or J'aimerais) une petite salade, s'il vous plaît. an event that had not happened was described: e.g. He said Marie would come. - Il a dit que Marie viendrait. Formation of the conditional Conditional stems For (regular and irregular) -er or -ir verbs, the infinitive is the conditional stem. For (regular and irregular) -re verbs, the infinitive minus the final e is the conditional stem. Exception: verbs that are stem-changing in the present are stem-changing in the conditional also. Exception: certain irregular verbs (but not all) have irregular conditional stems. Note: in a word, the conditional stem is the same with the future one. Stem changes Verb Change from Change to -ler verbs ler ller ier verbs ier ier -yer verbs yer ier verbs with an e in the penultimate syllable e in penultimate syllable è verbs with é in the penultimate syllable é in penultimate syllable è Irregular stems Verb Future stem aller ir- avoir aur- devoir devr- envoyer enverr- être ser- faire fer- pleuvoir pleuvr- pouvoir pourr- savoir saur- venir viendr- voir verr- vouloir voudr- Conditional endings To conjugate in the conditional, add the appropriate ending to the future stem. Subject Ending Example with parler je -ais parlerais tu -ais parlerais il -ait parlerait nous -ions parlerions vous -iez parleriez ils -aient parleraient es:Francés/Gramática/El verbo/Tiempos/Le conditionnel présent