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S’il faisait beau, j’irais à la plage avec ma famille.

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If the weather was good, I would go to the beach with my family.

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There are four main uses of the Conditional Present form.

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  1. Parler un wish dans le présent moment (time)
  2. La politesse
  3. Atténuer une demande: (ask something to someone)
  4. Nuancer son opinion une opinion
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Si elle avait plus d’argent, elle sortirait plus souvent avec ses amis.

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If she had more money, she would go out with her friends more often.

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Mes parents viendraient avec nous, s’ils n’étaient pas obligés de travailler.

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My parents would come with us, if they didn’t have to work.

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Si je gagnais à la loterie, j’achèterais une plus grande maison.

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If I won the lottery, I would buy a larger house.

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Si mon ami n’était pas en vacances, nous irions ensemble au cinéma.

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If my friend was not on holiday, we would go to the cinema together.

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It can also express a future-in-the-past:

Elle a dit qu’elle partirait vers neuf heures.
She said she would leave around nine o’clock.

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It can also express a future-in-the-past:

Elle a dit qu’elle partirait vers neuf heures.
She said she would leave around nine o’clock.

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Formation of the Conditional Tense:
The Conditional Tense is formed by taking the FUTURE STEM of the verb, and adding the IMPERFECT ENDINGS.
rais
rais
rait
rions
riez
raient

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e.g. VENIR(infinitif)=
VIENDR + je ____ ais
je viendrais
tu ____ ais tu viendrais
il ____ ait il viendrait
nous ____ ions nous viendrions
vous ____ iez vous viendriez
ils ____ aient ils viendraient

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Conditionnel present= wish
SHOULD = DEVOIR

Should= devoir au conditionnel présent + infinitif

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I should stay=je devrais rester
I should help= je devrais aider
I should do= je devrais faire
I should be= je devrais être
I should walk=je devrais marcher
I should go=je devrais aller
I should visit=je devrais visiter
I should buy=je devrais acheter
I should swim=je devrais nager

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Conditional Present = Wish

COULD =POUVIOR
Could= pouvoir au conditionnel présent+ infinitif

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I could stay=je pourrais rester
I could help=je pourrais aider
I could do=je pourrais faire
I could be=je pourrais être
I could walk=je pourrais marcher
I could go=je pourrais aller
I could visit=je pourrais visiter
I could buy=je pourrais acheter
I could swim=je pourrais nager

We could do that = on pourrait faire ca

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Would=
Would= (would no aux verb)
make main verb conditionnel

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I would stay=je resterais
I would help=j’aiderais
I would do= je ferais
I would be= je serais
I would walk= je marcherais
I would go = j’irais
I would visit = je visiterais
I would buy = j’achèterais
I would swim = je nagerais

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Would like=aimer; vouloir
I would like=Je voudrais

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je voudrais achèter un …
I would like to buy one…
Subjonctif
Je voudrais que vous fassiez cela (I would like you to do that)
Je veux que vous fassez cela (I want you to do that)

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