The conditional tenseIrregular verbs and the conditional tense

Can you talk about your future plans in French? The conditional tense is used to talk about what would happen in the future.

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Irregular verbs and the conditional tense

The irregular verbs are the same in the conditional tense as they are in the future tense:

  • aller → ir → j'irais - I would go
  • avoir → aur → j'aurais - I would have
  • être → ser → je serais - I would be
  • faire → fer → je ferais - I would do
  • pouvoir → pourr → je pourrais - I would be able to
  • devoir → devr → je devrais - I would have to
  • savoir → saur → je saurais - I would know
  • venir → viendr → je viendrais - I would come
  • voir → verr → je verrais - I would see
  • vouloir → voudr → je voudrais - I would like

Further examples:

  • il pourrait se connecter à internet - he would be able connect to the internet
  • vous devriez partir à midi - you should leave at midday