1. The conditional tense in Spanish expresses what you would do or what would happen under certain circumstances.
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2. ¡Atención. The polite expressions Me gustaría. (I would like
¡Atención! The polite expressions Me gustaría... (I would like...) and Te gustaría (You would like...) are examples of the conditional.
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3. ¡Atención! All forms of the conditional have an accent mark.
The conditional tense is formed much like the future tense. The endings are the same for all verbs, both regular and irregular.
For regular verbs, you simply add the appropriate endings to the infinitive.
¡Atención! All forms of the conditional have an accent mark.
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4. So, what are the steps?
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5. Yes, they are the same as Future!
For irregular verbs, add the conditional endings to the irregular stems.
Yes, they are the same as Future!
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6. E Droppers Saber becomes Sabr- Querer becomes Querr-
3 types of Irregulars
You guessed it, drop the E,
add the conditional endings 
E Droppers
Saber becomes
Sabr-
Querer becomes
Querr-
Poder becomes
Podr-
Caber becomes
Cabr-
Haber becomes
Habr-
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7. D poppers Poner becomes Pondr- Salir becomes Saldr- Tener becomes
2nd type of Irregulars
You guessed it, pop a D in,
add the conditional endings 
D poppers
Poner becomes
Pondr-
Salir becomes
Saldr-
Tener becomes
Tendr-
Venir becomes
Vendr-
Valer becomes
Valdr-
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8. Dir- Har- Dirty Pirate Decir becomes Hacer becomes
3rd type of Irregulars
Dirty Pirate
Change the stem, add the conditional endings.
Decir becomes
Dir-
Hacer becomes
Har-
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9. While in English the conditional is a compound verb form made up of the auxiliary verb would and a main verb, in Spanish it is a simple verb form that consists of one word.
vestiría
Vivirían
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10. The conditional is commonly used to make polite requests.
Podría(s)
Sería(s)
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11. In Spanish, as in English, the conditional expresses the future in relation to a past action or state of being.
In other words, the future indicates what will happen whereas the conditional indicates what would happen.
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12. The English would is often used with a verb to express the conditional, but it can also mean used to, in the sense of past habitual action. To express past habitual actions, Spanish uses the imperfect, not the conditional.
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14. Indica la forma apropiada del condicional de los verbos.
Yo ____________________________ (escuchar, leer, esculpir)
Tú ____________________________ (apreciar, comprender, compartir)
Marcos ____________________________ (poner, venir, querer)
Nosotras ____________________________ (ser, saber, ir)
Ustedes ____________________________ (presentar, deber, aplaudir)
Ella ____________________________ (salir, poder, hacer)
Yo ____________________________ (tener, tocar, aburrirse)
Tú ____________________________ (decir, ver, publicar)
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15. He would listen if he was in the car. Condicional, Past Subjunctive
He thought she would tell the truth. Preterite, Condicional
They would like to go to the beach. Condicional
I would like to study more. Conditional
We would come to more games, if we could. Conditional, Past Subjunctive
You would value your parents more if you could. Conditional, Past Subjunctive
She would fit in the dress if she could. Conditional, Past Subjunctive
You guys would do your homework, but you can’t. Conditional, Present Tense Indicative
Would you make me a coffee please? Conditional
Would you set the table please? Conditional
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