Conditional Mood

There are three major groups of regular verbs which can be told apart by their ending. These simple forms of the verb are called infinitives.

-ER verbs (e.g. regarder)

-IR verbs (e.g. finir)

-RE verbs (e.g. vendre)

There are some verbs which have minor but predictable irregularities.

Unfortunately, some verbs are completely irregular and unpredictable – you will have to learn these individually.

THE CONDITIONAL MOOD

This is a very useful and is usually translated in English by “WOULD”

E.g. WOULD you like to go to the cinema

If I lived in America, I WOULD go to New York

He said he WOULDN’T have time to go to the shops

To form:

FUTURE STEM + IMPERFECT ENDINGS = CONDITIONAL