Conditional tense Practice exercises
The conditional describes what would happen.
It is formed by adding the following endings to the infinitive of the verb:
| Example of AR verb | Example of ER/IR verb | ||
| nadarķa | I would swim | escribirķa | I would write |
| nadarķas | you would swim | escribirķas | you would write |
| nadarķa | he/she/it would swim | escribirķa | he/she/it would write |
| nadarķamos | we would swim | escribirķamos | we would write |
| nadarķais | you (all) would swim | escribirķais | you (all) would write |
| nadarķan | they would swim | escribirķan | they would write |
There are a number of verbs which have an irregular stem. These irregular stems are common to both the future and conditional tenses.
| caber - to fit | > cabrķa - I would fit | querer - to want | > querrķa - I would want |
| decir - to say, to tell | > dirķa - I would say/tell | saber - to know | > sabrķa - I would know |
| haber (hay) | > habrķa - there would be | salir - to go out | > saldrķa - I would go out |
| hacer - to do, to make | > harķa - I would do/make | tener - to have | > tendrķa - I would have |
| poder - to be able | > podrķa - I would be able | valer - to be worth | > valdrķa - I would be worth |
| poner - to put | > pondrķa - I would put | venir - to come | > vendrķa - I would come |