This is used when saying you would do something, e.g. I would play.
Formation:
》1) Take the stems of the future tense:
(Copied and edited from the Futur Simple chapter)
'er' and 'ir' verbs
For these verbs, use the whole infinitive as the stem.
're'
For these verbs, knock off the 'e'
Vendre- vendr
1. Être- ser
2. Avoir- aur
3. Aller- ir
4. Faire- fer
5. Savoir- saur
6. Voir- verr
7. Pouvoir- pourr
8. Vouloir- voudr
9. Venir- viendr
10. Pleuvoir- pleuvr
11. Falloir- faudr
12. Envoyer- enverr
13. Devoir- devr
There are two instances that the stems of regular verbs change:
1. 'Yer' verbs, e.g. essayer (the only exception being envoyer, which is irregular)
With these verbs, change the y to i
Example: Essayer= essaier;
2. The verbs that take an è, e.g. se promener, acheter
For these, the e that usually takes an è in the present tense, will also take one in the stem.
Example: acheter= achèter
Se promener= se promèner
》2) Add endings (the same for the imparfait)
Je- ais
Tu- ais
Il- ait
Elle- ait
On- ait
Nous- ions
Vous- iez
Ils- aient
Elles- aient
E.g.
Je serais- I would be
Tu serais- you would be
Il serait- he would be
Elle serait- she would be
On serait- one would be
Nous serions- we would be
Vous seriez- you would be
Ils seraient- they would be
Elles seraient- they would be
THE SI RULE
'Si' means 'if'
The rule for using this is:
Si + imparfait + conditionnel
E.g. Si j'étais assez vieux, j'achèterai de l'alcool- if I was old enough, I'd buy some alcohol
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