1. How to form and use the conditional tense in Spanish.

2. Conditional Tense Uses.
Definition: the conditional tense is in the future. It translates in English as …
We would …
I would …
You would …
You would (pl) …
He/She would …
They would …

3. Conditional Tense Formation.
To start with, you need an infinitive, i.e. vivir, comer, escuchar .. etc
-ía
-ías
-íamos
-íais
-ían
Then, you need to add on the endings to the infinitive. The endings are …
These endings work for -er, -ir and also -ar verbs, like the future tense.

4. Future in the past - weird ?
Well, we have this tense also in English
Example: Last month he said he would go to Las Vegas the following week.
(he talked about a future actions – at the given time – that is already past she he had already gone to Las Vegas a week after.

5. Exercise 1. How do you say … ? These are all regular verbs.
I would speak
Hablaría
You would listen
Escucharías
She would eat
Comería
We would start
Comenzaríamos
You (pl) would go
Iríais
They would drink
Beberían

6. Exercise 2. This is the same exercise but with the irregular verbs.
We would say
Diríamos
I would fit
Cabría
They would know
Sabrían
You would want
Querrías
He would be able to
Podría
You (pl) would go out
Saldríais

7. Irregulars ... Hacer – har… Caber – cabr… Querer – querr…
Saber – sabr…
Decir – dir…
Venir – vendr…
Poner – pondr…
Tener – tendr…
Salir – saldr…
Haber – habr…
Poder – podr…