Download Future Tense

Conditional Tense
The Conditional Tense expresses time in the future, but with a condition or a contrary
situation. In English this is done through the word "would".
I would be there tomorrow if I could.
What would he say if he knew?
I would see you at the party, but I can't make it.
We would wait for five minutes, but we can't.
If you know the Future Tense and the Imperfect Tense for –er and –ir verbs, then you
already know how to form the Conditional Tense.
The Conditional Tense is formed by using the entire infinitive as the stem and then
adding the Imperfect endings for –er and –ir verbs.
Look at the verbs ir and hablar.
iría
irías
iría
iríamos
iríais
irían
I would go
you would go
he would go
we would go
you (pl, fam) would go
they would go
hablaría
hablarías
hablaría
hablaríamos
hablaríais
hablarían
I would speak
you would speak
he would speak
we would speak
you (pl, fam) would speak
they would speak
There is no difference between –ar, –er, or –ir verbs. Just use the entire infinitive plus the
endings.
There are 12 irregular verbs in the Future Tense. These are the same verbs that are
irregular in the same way for the Conditional Tense. They all use regular endings, but
have irregular stems. The following are the irregular verbs, their irregular stems and an
example in 1st and 2nd persons. All other persons work the same.
Infinitive
Stem
Conjugation
caber (to fit):
decir (to say):
haber (to have):
hacer (to make, do):
querer (to want):
poder (to be able):
poner (to put):
saber (to know):
salir (to leave):
tener (to have):
valer (to be worth):
venir (to come):
cabr
dir
habr
har
querr
podr
pondr
sabr
saldr
tendr
valdr
vendr
cabría, cabrías, cabría, cabríamos, cabríais, cabrían
diría, dirías, ...
habría, habrías, ...
haría, harías, ...
querría, querrías, ...
podría, podrías, ...
pondría, pondrías, ...
sabría, sabrías, ...
saldría, saldría, ...
tendría, tendrías
valdría, valdrías, ...
vendría, vendrías, ...
Notice that haber can be put in the Conditional Tense. In fact any auxilliary (helping)
verb can be put in the Conditional Tense. This can form additional variations in time.
But they are not difficult if you simply take them word for word as they are in English..
He has studied
He would have studied
Ha estudiado
Habría estudiado
I am leaving
I would be leaving
Estoy saliendo
Estaría saliendo
I have had
I would have had
He tenido
Habría tenido
They have been seeing
They would have been seeing
Han estado viendo
Habrían estado viendo