Conditionnel

Question 1

When do you use the conditional tense in French?

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Answer 1

1. When talking about what would happen in the future
   e. g. I would watch TV
2. When talking about ambitions or intentions
   e. g. I would like to be a vet, I would like to go to Australia

Question 2

What are the conditional endings for all verbs?

Answer 2

1. Je -ais
2. Tu -ais
3. Elle/on/il -ait
4. Nous -ions
5. Vous -iez
6. Elles/ils -aient

Question 3

Which other tense shares the same endings as the conditional?

Answer 3

The imperfect

So the only difference between them is that the CONDITIONAL uses the INFINITIVE form of the verb (excluding -re verbs) as teh stem, while the IMPERFECT DROPS them (except for -ir verbs which retain the ‘i’)

Question 4

Give steps to forming the conditional tense

Use aider, finir, and vendre to demonstrate

Answer 4

1. Take the infinitive of the verb as your stem (EXCEPTION drop the ‘e’ for -re verbs)
   e. g. aider, finir, vendr
2. Add ending that agrees with pronoun
   e. g. J’aiderais, je finirais, je vendrais

Question 5

What other tense shares the same stem as the conditional?

Answer 5

The futur proche - they differ only on endings

Question 6

How do you make the stem in the conditional for all verbs?

Answer 6

Use the infinitive

e.g. aider, finir

Drop the ‘e’ if -re

e.g. vendr