Prueba 3 Flashcards
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The conditional is what 2 things?
(wonder, conjecture) (probability, possibility)
The student said that he would study one more hour.
We were probably busy when you called.
(probability, possibility)
What time could it have been?
He must have been at home.
(wonder, conjecture)
when “would” is used in the sense of a repeated action in the past, the imperfect is used.
True
To conjugate regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the conditional, simply add one of the following to the infintive
ía ías ía íamos íais ían
hablar comer vivir
hablaría comería viviría hablarías comerías vivirías hablaría comería viviría hablaríamos comeríamos viviríamos hablaríais comeríais viviríais hablarían comerían vivirían
caber
cabría
poner
pondria
decir
diria
haber
habría
salir
saldría
hacer
haría
poder
podría
tener
tendría
querer
querría
valer
valdría
saber
sabría
venir
vendría
Aquél día correrían más de veinticinco kilómetros.
That day they must have run more than 25 kilometers.
To express speculation about the past:
Yo sabía que abrirían la tienda a las siete.
I knew that they would open the store at seven o’clock.
To express the future from the perspective of the past:
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Sería interesante estudiar chino.
It would be interesting to study Chinese.
To express hypothetical actions or events which may or may not occur:
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Yo viajaría pero no tengo dinero.
I would travel but I don’t have money
To indicate what would happen were it not for some certain specific circumstance:
Por favor, ¿podría decirme a qué hora abre la gasolinera?
Could you please tell me what time the gas station opens?
For polite use to soften requests:
¿Cuál compraría Ud.?
Which one would you buy?
To ask for advice: