present conditional tense

Question 1

i would like (VOLERE)

Answer 1

vorrei

Question 2

you would like (s) (VOLERE)

Answer 2

vorresti

Question 3

he / she would like (VOLERE)

Answer 3

vorrebbe

Question 4

we would like (VOLERE)

Answer 4

vorremmo

Question 5

you would like (pl) (VOLERE)

Answer 5

vorreste

Question 6

they would like (VOLERE)

Answer 6

vorrebbero

Question 7

i would like (PIACERE)

Answer 7

mi piacerebbe

Question 8

you would like (s) (PIACERE)

Answer 8

ti piacerebbe

Question 9

he / she would like (PIACERE)

Answer 9

gli / le piacerebbe

Question 10

we would like (PIACERE)

Answer 10

ci piacerebbe

Question 11

you would like (pl) (PIACERE)

Answer 11

vi piacerebbe

Question 12

they would like (PIACERE)

Answer 12

gli piacerebbe

Question 13

what is the conditional tense used for?

Answer 13

~ desires
~ kind requests
~ advice
~ to say ‘in your shoes…’

Question 14

how is the conditional tense formed? (-IRE & -ERE verbs)

Answer 14

take off the final -e and add the verb ending

Question 15

how is the conditional tense formed? (-ARE verbs)

Answer 15

change the final -are to -er and add the verb ending

Question 16

IO suffix

Answer 16

-ei

Question 17

TU suffix

Answer 17

-esti

Question 18

LUI/LEI suffix

Answer 18

-ebbe

Question 19

NOI suffix

Answer 19

-emmo

Question 20

VOI suffix

Answer 20

-este

Question 21

LORO suffix

Answer 21

-ebbero

Question 22

how is the conditional tense formed with irregular verbs?

Answer 22

the stem of the future tense is used as the prefix
(e.g. dovere — dovr-)

Question 23

e.g. i would call

Answer 23

chiamerei

Question 24

e.g. you would ask (s)

Answer 24

chiederesti

Question 25

e.g. she would prefer

Answer 25

preferirebbe

Question 26

e.g. we would go

Answer 26

andremmo

Question 27

e.g. you would know (pl)

Answer 27

sapreste

Question 28

e.g. they should

Answer 28

dovrebbero

Question 29

what happens to verbs that end in -care / -gare?

Answer 29

you must add an extra 'h' to maintain the pronunciation (e.g. cercare --- cercherei)

Question 30

what happens to verbs that end in -ciare / -giare?

Answer 30

you must switch out the 'ia' for an 'e' to maintain the pronunciation (e.g. cominciare --- comincerei)

Question 31

e.g. i would be

Answer 31

sarei