Post on 26-Mar-2015
The Conditional Tense
Being able to use the
conditional tense is very impressive
The Conditional Tense
The conditional tense is used to say what would
or wouldn’t happen.
The Conditional Tense
Si j’étais riche, j’achèterais une belle maison à la campagne.
If I was rich, I would buy a beautiful house in the country.
Elle a dit qu’elle ne mangerait pas ici.
She said that she wouldn’t eat here.
The Conditional Tense
Can you work out how to form the
conditional tense?
The Conditional Tense
Add endings to the stem (the stem is usually the
infinitive)
Except for –re verbs where you just remove the last ‘e’
The Conditional Tense
Je
Tu
Il
elle
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles
ais
ais
ait
ait
ions
iez
aient
aient
The Conditional Tense
Some verbs have irregular
stems
The Conditional Tense
aller
être
avoir
faire
pouvoir
devoir
venir
vouloir
ir-
ser-
aur-
fer-
pourr-
devr-
viendr-
voudra-