Regular Verbs
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 16.9.1
Regular AR Verbs in the Conditional Tense
To form the conditional tense for regular verbs, take the infinitive without removing the infinitive ending and add the conditional endings for each person. In the conditional form we do not remove the infinitive endings. Here is the example with 'tomar':
Tomaría - I would take
Tomarías - you would take
Tomaría - he/she would take
Tomaríamos - we would take
Tomaríais - you would take
Tomarían - they would take
ER Verbs in the Conditional Tense
To form the conditional tense for regular verbs, take the infinitive without removing the infinitive ending and add the conditional endings for each person. In the imperfect ER, IR we do remove the infinitive endings. Here is the example with ‘volver’:
Volvería - I would return
Volverías - you would return
Volvería - he/she would return
Volveríamos - we would return
Volveríais - you would return
Volverían - they would return
IR Verbs in the Conditional Tense
To form the conditional tense for regular verbs, take the infinitive without removing the infinitive ending and add the conditional endings for each person. In the imperfect ER, IR we do remove the infinitive endings. Here is the example with ‘seguir’:
Seguiría - I would follow
Seguirías - you would follow
Seguiría - he/she would follow
Seguiríamos - we would follow
Seguiríais - you would follow
Seguirían - they would follow
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