Conditional Tense

The conditional tense in Spanish is equivalent to the conditional tense in English, would + verb.

To form this tense, add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, íais, ían to an infinitive. These roots are used for all three conjugations, -ar, -er, and -ir.

Note that all forms have a written accent.

EXAMPLES:

Pronoun	Calcular/ to calculate	Comer/ to eat	Escribir/ to write
yo	calcularía	comería	escribiría
tú	calcularías	comerías	escribirías
él, ella, Ud.	calcularía	comería	escribiría
nosotros	calcularíamos	comeríamos	escribiríamos
vosotros	calcularíais	comeríais	escribiríais
ellos, Uds.	calcularían	comerían	escribirían

IRREGULAR CONDITIONAL FORMS

The following verbs have irregular conditional stems to which are added the conditional endings. These forms are the same as their future tense stems.

Infinitive/ Conditional/ English

Salir / saldría /to go out

Venir/ vendría/to come

Tener/tendría/ to have

Poner/ pondría/to put

Poder/podría/ to be able

Valer/ valdría/ to be worth

Haber/ habría/ to be

Saber/ sabría/ to know

Caber/ cabría/ to fit

Hacer/ haría/to do

Decir/ diría/to say

Querer/ querría/ to want