The conditional tense in English is translated as "I would speak", etc .
To form this tense, you take the future stem and add the -er / -ir imperfect endings.
HABLAR | COMER | VIVIR |
hablaría | comería | viviría |
hablarías | comerías | vivirías |
hablaría | comería | viviría |
hablariamos | comeríamos | viviríamos |
hablaríais | comeríais | viviríais |
hablarían | comerían | vivirían |
The three above are regular verbs. Remember a number of Spanish verbs have irregular future stems.
The endings are still the same as regular verbs - only the stem changes. Here is a list of the most common ones:
INFINITIVE | TRANSLATION | STEM |
caber | to fit | cabr- |
decir | to say | dir- |
haber (auxiliary verb) | to have | habr- |
hacer | to do // make | har- |
poder | to be able to | podr- |
poner | to put | pondr- |
querer | to want | querr- |
saber | to know | sabr- |
salir | to leave / go out | saldr- |
tener | to have | tendr- |
valer | to be worth | valdr- |
venir | to come | vendr- |