Weather - Conditional Tense
Spanish: AQA GCSE (2025 Exam), topic 4.9.10
Adding an 'R' to the Stem
There are five irregular verbs in the conditional tense that follow this pattern.
Caber - to fit
- Cabría - I would fit.
- Cabrías - you would fit.
- Cabría - he/she would fit.
- Cabríamos - we would fit.
- Cabríais - you would fit.
- Cabrían - they would fit.
Haber - to have (as an auxiliary verb)
- Habría - I would have.
- Habrías - you would have.
- Habría - he/she would have.
- Habríamos - we would have.
- Habríais - you would have.
- Habrían - they would have.
Poder - to be able to
- Podría - I would be able to.
- Podrías - you would be able to.
- Podría - he/she would be able to.
- Podríamos - we would be able to.
- Podríais - you would be able to.
- Podrían - they would be able to.
Saber - to know
- Sabría - I would know.
- Sabrías - you would know.
- Sabría - he/she would know.
- Sabríamos - we would know.
- Sabríais - you would know.
- Sabrían - they would know.
Querer - to want
- Querría - I would want.
- Querrías - you would want.
- Querría - he/she would want.
- Querríamos - we would want.
- Querríais - you would want.
- Querrían - they would want.
Regular IR Verbs in the Imperfect Tense
The imperfect means 'I was' or 'I used to do something'. To form the imperfect with IR verbs, take off the 'ir' and add the imperfect endings. Here is the example with 'salir':
Salía - I was leaving, used to leave
Salías - you were leaving, used to leave
Salía - she was leaving, used to leave
Salíamos - we were leaving, used to leave
Salíais - you were leaving, used to leave
Salían - they were leaving, used to leave
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