Simple Future and Conditional form

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Simple Future and Conditional form

I've combined both Future and conditional form into one section as they both follow similar form. Simple Future form is sentences like "I will do this". Simple Conditional form is sentences like "I would like to do this". They both are referring to things in future though one is hypothetical. Both of these transformations keep the base word same, and just add a suffix. So, remember that if the full infinitive form of the verb is kept, it's always things in future !! The transformation of all verbs (ending in -ar, -er, -ir) is the same, so it's easy to remember.

Future Tense of -ar, -er, -ir verbs:

Fortunately future tense of all the -ar, -er, -ir verbs follow the same pattern. However, there are many exceptions to this rule that we will learn later. Future tense is "I will go", "she will go to Paris" etc. There is no separate translation for "will" in spanish, we just transform the verb based on table below to indicate "will go", "will eat" in 1 word.

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Below is the transformation table. The thing that is different about future tense is that the base word remains the same, we just add the below suffix to it. The suffix has an accent in all forms except first person plural.

Viajar => To travel: The Spanish verb viajar is an -ar verb translated in English as “to travel”. Below is the table based on above transformation.

Ex:

• I will go tomorrow => yo iré mañana
• She will talk to her boyfriend tonight => Ella hablará con su novio esta noche
• I'll find a nice house some day => encontraré una casa bonita algún día => Here we used "casa bonita" as adjectives come after noun in Spanish. However, "una bonita casa" is also valid.

Conditional (condicional simple) of -ar, -er, -ir verbs:

This is closely related to future form. But it's used to talk about hypothetical situations and make requests. Ex: "Would you pass the water?", "We would like out the trash", etc. Jus tlike future tense, all -ar, -er, -ir verbs follow the same pattern and base word remains the same (we just add suffix based on table below). There is no separate translation for "would" in spanish, we just transform the verb based on table below to indicate "would like to", "would you pass" in 1 word (just as in Future tense).

"Could" is another conditional form just like "would". ex: It could rain tomorrow. It's base verb is "can" or "poder" in spanish.

Below is the transformation table. Here too the base word remains the same, we just add the below suffix to it. The suffix has an accent in all forms on the letter "i" (only the 1st i in suffix).

NOTE: This suffix "ía" etc is the same as that used in "Past Imperfect form" (i.e used to go, etc). The only difference is that it goes with the full base word here (i.e gustar + ía = gustaría), while in Past Imperfect, it goes with the stem (i.e gust + ía = gustía)

Conocer => To know: The Spanish verb conocer is an -er verb translated in English as “to know”. Below is the table based on above transformation.

Ex:

• I would go tomorrow => yo iría mañana
• She would like to read this book => ella le gustaría leer este libro
• I would like to order a pizza => me gustaría ordernar una pizza

Poner => Can: The Spanish verb poner is explained under -er verb. It's conditional transformation is "could" and used very often, i.e it could rain tomorrow, etc. Below is the table based on above transformation. Stem is "podr" instead of poner for future tense.

ex:

• It could rain tomorrow => podría llover mañana
• I could do it => yo podría hacerlo
• You could go => tú podrías ir
• could you pass me the salt? =>  ¿podrías pasarme la sal?
• Could you tell me the time? => ¿podrías darme la hora?