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  stem-changing, stressed possessives, present/future perfect, present
  indicative conjugation)
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43. Conditional Tense

Source: YouTube

The conditional tense expresses what one would do or what would happen in a hypothetical situation. Like the future tense, the verb stays in its infinitive form and we add endings — and the irregular stems are the same as the future.

Key Rules

Form: infinitive + ending (no stem change for regulars).
Endings (same for -ar, -er, -ir): -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Same irregular stems as the future tense (just memorize once).
Object pronouns and reflexive pronouns go before the conjugated verb, or attach to the infinitive when stacked with another verb.
Most practical use: polite requests with poder → podría ("could").

Conjugation / Pattern Tables

Regular endings (`hablar`, `comer`, `vivir`)

Pronoun	hablar	comer	vivir
yo	hablaría	comería	viviría
tú	hablarías	comerías	vivirías
él/ella	hablaría	comería	viviría
nosotros	hablaríamos	comeríamos	viviríamos
vosotros	hablaríais	comeríais	viviríais
ellos	hablarían	comerían	vivirían

Irregular stems (same as future)

Verb	Stem	yo form
decir	dir-	diría
hacer	har-	haría
poder	podr-	podría
poner	pondr-	pondría
querer	querr-	querría
saber	sabr-	sabría
salir	saldr-	saldría
tener	tendr-	tendría
venir	vendr-	vendría

Examples

Spanish	English
¿Irías conmigo?	Would you go with me?
Sí, yo iría contigo.	Yes, I would go with you.
¿Compraría él ese auto?	Would he buy that car?
Sí, él compraría ese auto.	Yes, he would buy that car.
¿Vivirían ellos en esta región?	Would they live in this region?
Querríamos un plato, por favor.	We would want a plate, please.
Tú dirías que esta lección es buena.	You would say that this lesson is good.
Sin ti, yo no sé qué yo haría.	Without you, I don't know what I would do.
¿Podrías abrir la ventana?	Could you open the window?
No, yo no podría abrirla.	No, I could not open it.
¿Podrías dármelo? / ¿Me lo podrías dar?	Could you give it to me?
Me bañaría.	I would take a bath.

Notes & Gotchas

The vosotros form (-íais) is rarely needed outside Spain.
querría (would want) is spelled with double rr — easy to confuse with quería (was wanting, imperfect).
Conditional + si clauses pair with the past subjunctive: Si tuviera dinero, compraría un coche.

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