1. Bonnes vacances! 8 8 UNITÉ Quit À la gare 32 LEÇON B Le conditionnel: formation p. 465 A Révision: L’imparfait p. 464 C Le conditionnel de politesse p. 466 D Le conditionnel dans les phrases avec si p. 467

2. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON Link to Image A Révision: L’imparfait p. 464 The imperfect is a past tense that describes what people USED TO DO on a regular basis. Nous passions l’été à la mer. We used to spend the summer at the ocean. J’allais tous les jours à la plage. Every day I used to go to the beach. You may want to review the forms of the imperfect on page 339, Leçon 23.

3. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON B The CONDITIONAL is used to describe what people WOULD DO, or what WOULD HAPPEN in certain circumstances. Note the use of the conditional in the following sentences. S’ils avaient de l’argent, … If they had money, … Isabelle voyagerait Isabelle would travel mes cousins achèteraient une moto my cousins would buy a motorcycle mes parents iraient au Japon my parents would go to Japan Le conditionnel: formation p. 465 Continued... In French, the conditional is a simple tense. It consists of one word and it is formed as follows: FUTURE STEM + IMPERFECT ENDINGS

4. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON B Le conditionnel: formation p. 465 Continued... Note the conditional forms of the regular verbs parler, finir, vendre, and the irregular verb aller. jeparlerais je ne parlerais pas INFINITIVE CONDITIONAL NEGATIVE finirais FUTURE parlerai parler IMPERFECT ENDINGS -ais nousparlerionsfinirions-ions vous parleriezfiniriez-iez il/elle/on parleraitfinirait-ait tu parleraisfinirais-ais ils/elles parleraientfiniraient-aient INTERROGATIVE est-ce que tu parlerais?parlerais-tu? finirai finir

5. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON B Le conditionnel: formation p. 465 Note the conditional forms of the regular verbs parler, finir, vendre, and the irregular verb aller. jevendrais INFINITIVE CONDITIONAL NEGATIVE irais FUTURE vendrai vendre IMPERFECT ENDINGS -ais nousvendrionsirions-ions vous vendrieziriez-iez il/elle/on vendraitirait-ait tu vendraisirais-ais ils/elles vendraientiraient-aient INTERROGATIVE irai aller

6. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON B Le conditionnel: formation p. 465 Verbs that have an irregular future stem keep this same irregular stem in the conditional. For example: avoir: j’auraisêtre: je seraisaller: j’irais faire: je feraisvoir: je verrais

7. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON The conditional is sometimes used to make polite requests. Compare the following sentences. C Le conditionnel de politesse p. 466 Je veux te parler. I want to talk to you. Je voudrais te parler. I would like to talk to you. Peux-tu m’aider? Can you help me? Pourrais-tu m’aider? Could you help me? Tu dois étudier. You must study. Tu devrais étudier. You should study.

8. Home À la gare 32 LEÇON D Le conditionnel dans les phrases avec si p. 467 Note the use of the conditional in the following sentences. Si j’avais de l’argent, … If I had money (but I don’t), … j’achèterais une voiture. I would buy a car. Si nous étions en vacances, … If we were on vacation (but we’re not), … nous irions à la plage. we would go to the beach. The CONDITIONAL is used to express what WOULD HAPPEN if a certain condition contrary to reality were met. In such sentences, the construction is: The CONDITIONAL is never used in the si-clause. si-clause: IMPERFECT result clause: CONDITIONAL Si tu étais au lycée à Paris, tu parlerais français en classe.