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el condicional
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the conditional tense («would + verb»)
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hablar → yo (condicional)
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hablaría (I would speak)
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comer → yo (condicional)
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comería (I would eat)
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vivir → nosotros (condicional)
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viviríamos (we would live)
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hablar → ellos (condicional)
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hablarían (they would speak)
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tener → yo (condicional)
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tendría (I would have) — irregular stem tendr-
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hacer → yo (condicional)
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haría (I would do/make) — irregular stem har-
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decir → yo (condicional)
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diría (I would say) — irregular stem dir-
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poder → yo (condicional)
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podría (I would be able) — irregular stem podr-
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me gustaría
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I would like (a polite, common conditional phrase)
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How do you form the regular conditional?
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Keep the whole infinitive and add -ía/-ías/-ía/-íamos/-íais/-ían (same for -ar/-er/-ir).
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Name three uses of the conditional.
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Hypothetical «would», politeness («me gustaría», «¿podrías…?»), and the future-in-the-past («dijo que vendría»).
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Which irregular stems does the conditional use?
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Exactly the same nine as the future: tendr-, har-, dir-, podr-, saldr-, vendr-, querr-, sabr-, pondr-.
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What is the classic conditional error?
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Confusing it with the imperfect of -er/-ir verbs: comería (would eat) keeps the whole infinitive, comía (used to eat) does not.
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Future, conditional & mood
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