Pourrais-tu m’expliquer ce mot? Could you explain this word to me?.Voudriez-vous venir chez nous demain? Would you like to come to our place tomorrow?.Est-ce que tu pourrais m’aider? Could you help me?.The following conditional sentences are all examples of polite requests. She’d like to start her new job tomorrow. Elle voudrait commencer son nouveau travail demain.If I were you, I’d buy this new pair of skis. À ta place, j’achèterais cette nouvelle paire de skis.Ce serait sympa de faire du ski demain.J’aimerais acheter une nouvelle maison.The following example sentences of the present conditional are straight “would” sentences.
The French also use it in journalism to mean ‘allegedly’ or reportedly. The conditional has many uses including the expression of wishes and polite suggestions.
vouloir (to want) “voudr” -> je voudrais (I would want). voir (to see) “verr” -> je verrais (I would see). venir (to come) “viendr” – >je viendrais -> (I would come). tenir (to hold) “tiendr” -> je tienrais -> (I would hold). savoir (to know) “saur” -> je saurais – (I would know). pouvoir (to be able, can) “pourr” -> je pourrais (I could). pleuvoir (to rain) “pleuvr” -> il pleuvra (It will rain). falloir (to be necessary) “faudr” -> il faudra (It will be necessary). faire (to make, do) “ fer” -> je ferais (I would make, do). être (to be) -> “ser” -> je serai ( I would be). devoir (must) -> “devr” -> je devrais (I should). avoir (to have) -> “aur” -> j’aurais (I would have). aller (to go) -> “ir” -> j’arais (I would go). The following verbs have irregular conditional stems which we have indicated in quotation marks. Present conditional for common irregular verbs Present conditional conjugations for regular verbs PARLER TO SPEAK For regular -re verbs add the endings to the infinitive minus the final -e.įor verbs with irregular stems, add the conditional ending to the irregular stem. To conjugate the present conditional (le présent du conditionnel), add the conditional ending to the infinitive, just as you would when forming the future tense. 
The conditional is called “le conditionnel” and its endings are -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient (the imperfect endings). Usages also include polite requests and si clause sentences (if…then). The French conditional tense is used to express hypothetical (would) events.
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