conditional / pasado subjuntivo / calusulas si

what is the conditional?

The conditional tense in Spanish expresses what you would do or what would happen under certain crimstances

verb endings (KEEP VERB IN INFINITIVE FORM WHEN YOU ADD THE ENDINGS

-ia, -ias, -ia, -iamos, -iais, -ian

irregulars conditional

decir - dir

hacer - har

poder - podr

poner - pondr

haber - habr

querer - querr

saber - sabr

salir - saldr

tener - tendr

venir - vendr

Example of using conditional:

Creia que hoy haria sol. —> I thought it would be sunny today.

VERUS FUTURE:

Creo que mana hara sol. —> I think ti will be sunny tomorrow.

The past subjunctive

The past subjunctive is used mainly in multiple clause setneces that express states and conditions such as wil, influence, emotion, commands, indefiniteness, and non-existence

PAST subjunctive endings

-ra, -ras, -ra, ramos, rais, ran

Verbs irregular preterites → add the past subjunctive endings to the irregular stem, (REMOVE THE ENDING IN THE PRETERITE AND THEN ADD EDNING)

dar — die

decir — dije

estar — estuvie

hacer — hici

ir/ser — fue

poder — pudie

poner — pusie

querer - quisi

saber — supi

tener — tuvie

venir - vini

-ir stem-changing verbs and other verbs with spelling changes follow a similar process to form the past subjunctive

preferir — prefirie

repetir — repitie

dormir — durmie

conducir — conduje

creer — creye

destruir — destruye

oir — oye

Hypothetical statements about conditions or evens that are possible or likely to occur…

the si clause uses the PRESENT INDICATIVE, and the main clause is either present tense, future tense, ir a + [infinitive], or a command

In hypothetical statements about current conditions or events that are improbable or contrary-to-fact…

The si clause uses the past subjunctive + the main clause uses the conditional

In statements that express habitual past actions that are not contrary-to-fact,

the si clause and the main clause use the imperfect