Le Conditionnel

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the conditional tense

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qu’est-ce que le temps conditionnel?

The conditional tense is used to talk about things that you would do. It is formed by taking the infinitive of a verb and adding specific endings, often used in hypothetical situations.

-ais

-ais

-ait

-aient

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le forme radical: être

ser—

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le forme radical: faire

fer—

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le forme radical: pouvoir

pourr—

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le forme radical: savoir

saur—

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le forme radical: avoir

aur—

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le forme radical: devoir

devr—

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le forme radical: venir

viendr—

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le forme radical: envoyer

enverr—

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le forme radical: vouloir

voudr—

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le forme radical: courir

courr—

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le forme radical: mourir

mourr—

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le forme radical: tenir

tiendr—

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le forme radical: pleuvoir

pleuvr—

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le forme radical: falloir

faudr—

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le conditionnel passé

when you conjugate the past conditional, the helping verb (être or avoir) is conjugated.

être/avoir conditionnel passé + participe passé

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le conditionnel: hypothétique

the conditional can used for hypotheticals.

EX:

Avec un million dollars, j’achèterais une maison.

With a million dollars, I would buy a house.

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le conditionnel: la politesse

the conditional can be used for being polite.

EX:

Est-ce que vous auriez du feu?

Do you have a light?

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le conditionnel: les conseils

the conditional can be used for advice.

EX:

A votre place, je ne ferais pas ça.

In your place, I wouldn’t do that.

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le conditionnel: les regrets

the conditional can be used to express regret.

EX:

J’aurais du acheter des actions Game Stop.

I should have bought those GameStop shares.

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le conditonnel: l’indignation

the conditional can be used to express indignation.

EX:

Je n’aurais pas du les acheter.

I shouldn’t have bought them.

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le conditionnel: une reproche

the conditional can be used to express reproach.

EX:

Vous feriez mieux d’aller ailleurs.

You had better go somewhere else.

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le conditionnel: conjecture, rumors

the conditional can used to talk about rumors.

EX:

Biden aurait choisi son sécretaire de defense.

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le conditionnel” future + indirect

the conditional can be used to express future actions indirectly, often signaling uncertainty or politeness.

EX:

J’ai dit que j’irais la semaine prochaine.

I said I would go next week.

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le conditionnel: WOULD

“I would go to the beach.”

EX:

J’allais à la plage. (imparfait) vs

J’irais à la plage.

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le conditionnel: COULD

pouvoir

Je n’ai pas pu aller au cinema. (past) vs

Je pourrais aller à bibliothèque.

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le conditionnel: COULD HAVE

EX:

J’aurais pu être le roi du monde.

I could have been king of the world.

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le conditionnel: SHOULD / SHOULD HAVE

devoir

Vous devriez étudier. (present)

You should study.

Vous auriez dû étudier. (past)

You should have studied.