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There are at least 4 moments when you use the conditionnel:<\/strong><\/p>\n The examples give a little bit of how to make the conditionnel present: You take the infinitive of the verb and after it you put the same endings that form the imparfait (simple past tense): So: je chanterais<\/em> (I would sing), il choisirait<\/em> (he would choose), vous rempliriez<\/em> (they would fill in) With irregular verbs you use the futur and then add the same endings: je serais<\/em> (I would be), nous serions<\/em> (we would be), j’aurais<\/em> (I would have), nous aurions<\/em> (we would have), je ferais<\/em> (I would do), nous ferions (we would do).<\/p>\n Some verbs require an extra r: je pourrais<\/em> (I could), je verrais<\/em> (I would see), je courrais<\/em> (I would run), je mourrais<\/em> (I would die), j’enverrais<\/em> (I would send) .<\/p>\n Sometimes you need the conditionnel pass\u00e9: If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a Lamborghini. In that case, you use \u00eatre or avoir to form that past tense. You have to conjugate \u00catre en avoir as conditionnel. So: Si je gagnais \u00e0 la loterie, j’aurais achet\u00e9 une Lamborghini.<\/em> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_sidebar area=”sidebar-1″ _builder_version=”3.22.7″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I won the lottery\u2026 In Dutch we have it easy; if something could happen, we juggle the word would. That way we make the conditional mood. The French conditionnel is less easy, but easy to learn. There are at least 4 moments when you use the conditionnel: When you politely ask for something, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geen-onderdeel-van-een-categorie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Je voudrais une tasse de caf\u00e9, s’il vous pla\u00eet.<\/em> (I’d like a cup of coffee, please)<\/li>\n
Ils gagneraient mieux leur vie.<\/em> (They actually deserve better in their lives)<\/li>\n
Vous devrez faire attention<\/em> . (You should pay more attention)<\/li>\n
Si je gagnais \u00e0 la loterie, je ach\u00e8terais une Lamborghini.<\/em> (If I won the lottery, I’d buy a Lamborghini)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nForming conditionally present<\/h4>\n
je-ais
tu-ais
il\/elle\/on -ait
nous -ions
vous-iez
ils\/elles -aient<\/p>\n
Pay attention to verbs that end in -re: the last e disappears: nous \u00e9cririons (we would write)<\/p>\nIrregular verbs<\/h4>\n
Conditionally pass\u00e9<\/h4>\n
J’aurais voulu le voir<\/em> . (I wanted to see him)
Je pensais qu’elle serait venue<\/em> . (I thought she would have come)<\/p>\n