Le Conditionnel (The Conditional Tense)

Practice flashcards covering the formation, usage rules, and irregular stems of the French conditional tense (le conditionnel).

The conditional is used to express what one would do in a __________ situation.

hypothetical

For untrue / improbable hypothetical situations, one uses si + __________ + conditionnel.

imparfait

To form the conditional with regular verbs, take the __________ and add the conditional endings.

infinitive

The conditional endings are the exact same endings that are used for the __________.

imparfait

The six conditional endings added to the stem are -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, and __________.

-aient

For verbs that end in "re", simply drop the "__________" and add the conditional endings.

e

For stem changing verbs in the present tense (appeler / acheter / se lever / etc.), take the "__________" form of the present tense of the verb, then add "r" plus conditional endings.

je

The irregular conditional stem for the verb avoir is __________.

aur

The irregular conditional stem for the verb aller is __________.

ir

The irregular conditional stem for the verb être is __________.

ser

The irregular conditional stem for the verb faire is __________.

fer

The irregular conditional stem for the verb savoir is __________.

saur

The irregular conditional stem for the verb pouvoir is __________.

pourr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb voir is __________.

verr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb envoyer is __________.

enverr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb devoir is __________.

devr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb venir is __________.

viendr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb tenir is __________.

tiendr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb vouloir is __________.

voudr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb courir is __________.

courr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb mourir is __________.

mourr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb recevoir is __________.

recevr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb falloir is __________.

faudr

The irregular conditional stem for the verb pleuvoir is __________.

pleuvr