Level 77 - The Conditional

In Level 54 we learnt a special form of the verb vouloir 'to want' which was je voudrais 'I would like' (literally 'I would want'). This is in fact a conditional form of the verb, represented by the English word 'would'. The other conditional form you need to know is j'aimerais from the verb aimer 'to like' which also means 'I would like'. To make the conditional form simply add the following endings (which are the same as the imperfect endings) onto the infinitive of the verb you want to use, taking the final e off -re verbs:

Examples

Exceptions

A few important verbs have irregular stems, that is, beginnings. They are être 'to be' (ser-), avoir 'to have (aur-), aller 'to go' (ir-), faire 'to do / make' (fer-) and vouloir 'to want' (voudr-). Here are some examples of those verbs in action: