Condicional/ Conditional Tense

The conditional tense in Spanish is equivalent to the conditional tense in English, would + verb.

To form this tense, add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, íais, ían to an infinitive. These roots are used for all three conjugations, -ar, -er, and -ir.

Note that all forms have a written accent.

EXAMPLES:

Pronoun	Calcular/ to calculate	Comer/ to eat	Escribir/ to write
yo	calcularía	comería	escribiría
tú	calcularías	comerías	escribirías
él, ella, Ud.	calcularía	comería	escribiría
nosotros	calcularíamos	comeríamos	escribiríamos
vosotros	calcularíais	comeríais	escribiríais
ellos, Uds.	calcularían	comerían	escribirían

LESSONS: Downsizing I & Downsizing Ia

IRREGULAR CONDITIONAL FORMS

The following verbs have irregular conditional stems to which are added the conditional endings. These forms are the same as their future tense stems.

Infinitive/ Conditional/ English

Salir / saldría /to go out

Venir/ vendría/to come

Tener/tendría/ to have

Poner/ pondría/to put

Poder/podría/ to be able

Valer/ valdría/ to be worth

Haber/ habría/ to be

Saber/ sabría/ to know

Caber/ cabría/ to fit

Hacer/ haría/to do

Decir/ diría/to say

Querer/ querría/ to want

LESSONS: Downsizing II & Downsizing IIa