The conditional (condizionale)
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parlare → io / tu / lui
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io parlerei · tu parleresti · lui parlerebbe — regular conditional
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credere → noi / voi / loro
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noi crederemmo · voi credereste · loro crederebbero
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dormire → io / tu
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io dormirei · tu dormiresti (to sleep)
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avere → io / tu
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io avrei · tu avresti (irregular stem avr-)
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essere → io / lui
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io sarei · lui sarebbe (irregular stem sar-)
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volere → io
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io vorrei (I would like — irregular stem vorr-)
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potere → io / tu
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io potrei · tu potresti (irregular stem potr-)
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dovere → tu
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tu dovresti (you should — irregular stem dovr-)
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What are the six conditional endings?
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-ei (io), -esti (tu), -ebbe (lui/lei), -emmo (noi), -este (voi), -ebbero (loro).
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How do you form the conditional stem of a regular verb?
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Drop the final -e of the infinitive; for -are verbs the a becomes e: parlare → parler-, credere → creder-.
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What happens to -care and -gare verbs?
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They add an h to keep the hard sound: cercare → cercherei, pagare → pagherei.
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What happens to -ciare and -giare verbs?
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They drop the i: cominciare → comincerei, mangiare → mangerei.
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Name three uses of the conditional.
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Polite requests (Vorrei…), advice (Dovresti…) and hypotheticals/wishes (Sarebbe…, Mi piacerebbe…).
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What is the difference between «andremmo» and «andremo»?
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«andremmo» (double m) is the conditional (we would go); «andremo» (single m) is the future (we will go).
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