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Conditional tense

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  • 07-11-2005 2:00pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4


    Hi, Just wondering if you can help me with the conditional tense.

    Is there a different stem to the verb from the future like the verb etre so the stem is ser- +ending

    What are the endings?

    Are there many irregulars and what are the most commonly used ones?

    Merci,


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  • Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Narcissus


    Etre in conditional tense

    je serais
    tu serais
    il; elle serait
    ns serions
    vs seriez
    ils; elles seraient

    You can check out www.verbix.com to conjugate verbs. I couldn't say if there are many irregular forms or not, or which are the most popular. I think it behaves similarly to the future tense though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭lili


    it's a spece of combinaison between the futur and the imparfait.

    so, you have to take the futur fix "er" followed by the imparfait terminaison.

    example :

    futur : j'aimerai
    imparfait : j'aimais
    conditional : j'aimerais

    i don't think there is exception to this rule.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭dundalk cailin


    ^^ thats it.

    Imparfait..take the present form of the 'nous' person, drop the 'ons', the only exception is etre, which stem is -ét and add
    ais
    ais
    ait
    ions
    iez
    aient

    Future..take the infintive (obv there are many exceptions), in 're' form, drop 'e', add
    ai
    as
    a
    ons
    ez
    ont

    Conditional..take the infinitive, in 're' drop 'e', add
    ais
    ais
    ait
    ions
    iez
    aient


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Or instead of learning all these you can cheat like me by using www.leconjugueur.com! :p

    Yeah, I know, I should be ashamed of myself... Cheating like that even though I'm French... I'm sorry...


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