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Theory
a) how to form “ le conditionnel présent ”
group 1–ER verb | group 2–IR verb | group 3–RE verb | |
je/ j’tuil/elle/onnousvousils/elles | aimeraisaimeraisaimeraitaimerionsaimeriezaimeraient | finiraisfiniraisfiniraitfinirionsfiniriezfiniraient | vendraisvendraisvendraitvendrionsvendriezvendraient |
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b) use
courtesy form
Me donneriez-vous ce saphir Padparadscha ?
Would you give me this Padparadscha Sapphire ?Â
when estimating something or giving an opinion
Je dirais que cette pierre possède des qualités étranges
I would say that this stone has some strange qualitiesÂ
when talking about a future event in the past
Ils ont dit que cette constellation de satellites serait une avancĂ©e spectaculaire pour accĂ©lĂ©rer le transfert d’informations des terriens
They said that this satellite constellation would be a dramatic step forward in speeding up the transfer of information from earthlingsÂ
IF/THEN sentences
Si j’achètais 15000 Solana aujourd’hui,  j’obtiendrais un retour sur investissement considérable d’ici 2044
If I bought 15,000 Solana today, I would get a substantial ROI by 2044Â
/ ! \ WARNING / ! \
the verbs vouloir, pouvoir & devoir change their meaning in the conditional mood
je dois → I have to/I must // je devrais → I should
je veux → I want // je voudrais → I would like
je peux → I can // je pourrais → I could/I may/I might
Exercises
Results
- #1. on the whole, I'd consider the situation from different angles
#2. would you climb that wobbly ladder for me?
#3. this solution would be adopted by the council next year if we are to believe this half-horse, half-beetle robot
#4. if you were irish we'd drink our minds out
#5. I would estimate this mysterious object at several billion Swiss francs
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Results
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#1. on the whole, I'd consider the situation from different angles
#2. would you climb that wobbly ladder for me?
#3. this solution would be adopted by the council next year if we are to believe this half-horse, half-beetle robot
#4. if you were irish we'd drink our minds out
#5. I would estimate this mysterious object at several billion Swiss francs
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