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The Conditional

Hypotheticals and polite requests.

Lesson

Vocabulary

FrenchEnglishExample
je voudrais I would like Je voudrais voyager.
pourrais could Pourrais-tu m'aider ?
devrais should Tu devrais te reposer.
serait would be Ce serait génial.
ferais would do Je ferais autrement.
si j'avais if I had Si j'avais le temps, je viendrais.

Pronunciation

WordPhoneticTip
je voudraisI would like
pourraiscould
devraisshould

Grammar tip

Conditional: future stem + imperfect endings.

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