The Conditional Tense
The conditional tense is used to express a wish or to make a suggestion.
Examples:
| Elle devrait faire ses études à l’étranger | She should study abroad |
Je prendrais bien un café |
I'd quite like a coffee |
The conditional tense is used to say what you would do, i.e. where the action depends on another event or situation.
The verb after Si is always in the Imperfect tense
To form the conditional tense use the same stem as is used for the 'future' and the imperfect endings:
ais |
ais |
ait |
ions |
iez |
aient |
Examples:
Je regarderais- I would watch
Nous irions- We would go
To see how to form the most common irregular verbs in the conditional tense click here!
