Le conditionel OBJECTIVES Explaining the conditional and its uses
To say you “would “ do something you use the conditional Ex: I would like to drink some water I would buy a house You would work harder
In French the conditional is formed just like the future tense but the endings are different: ER VERBS Ex: aimer: take the verb in the infinitive and add these endings. J’aimer + ais Tu aimer + ais Il aimer + ait Nous aimer + ions Vous aimer + iez Ils aimer + aient Écoutez Flash
In French the conditional is formed just like the future tense but the endings are different: IR VERBS Ex: finir: take the verb in the infinitive and add these endings. Je finir + ais Tu finir + ais Il finir + ait Nous finir + ions Vous finir + iez Ils finir + aient Écoutez
In French the conditional is formed just like the future tense but the endings are different: RE VERBS e Ex: vendre: take the verb in the infinitive, get rid of the e and add these endings. Je vendr + ais Tu vendr + ais Il vendr + ait Nous vendr + ions Vous vendr + iez Ils vendr + aient Écoutez
Ex: vouloir ( to want) Je voudrais Tu voudrais Il/elle voudrait Nous voudrions Vous voudriez Ils/elles voudraient Ex: pouvoir ( to be able to) Je pourrais Tu pourrais Il/elle pourrait Nous pourrions Vous pourriez Ils/elles pourraient Some of the verbs are irregular ( they do not follow a pattern )
Click to listen to the verb “aimer” and write in the boxes what you hear Le verbe aimer
J’aimeraisNous aimerions Tu aimeraisVous aimeriez Il aimeraitIls aimeraient
See if you can do this exercise: Write the French for the following English expressions I would likeWe would like You would like He would likeThey would like She would likeThey would like (feminine) Check
J’aimeraisNous aimerions Tu aimeraisVous aimeriez Il aimeraitIls aimeraient Elle aimeraitElles aimeraient
Decide if what you hear is a conditional or not and then in the box provided write what you hear in French and the translation in English Check
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Now find the conditional of the following verbs Write them in the table in the next slide: JeTuIl/elleNousVousIls/elles Regarder (je), écouter (tu), chanter (il), danser (nous), choisir (vous), apprendre (elles), prendre (tu), ouvrir (tu), mentir (elles), sentir (vous), rigoler (nous), mettre (je), penser (il), croire, fermer (nous), étudier (elles), bavarder (je), ranger (tu), sortir (nous), aimer (vous), jouer (tu), répondre (il), rester (vous), rentrer (il), prêter (vous), acheter (je), perdre (tu), fumer (vous), boire (il), voler (nous). Check
JeTuIl/elleNousVousIls/elles 12Tu écouteraisIl chanteraitNous danserionsVous aimeriezElles étudiraient Je mettraisTu ouvriraisIl penseraitNous rigolerionsVous choisiriezElles apprendraient Je bavarderaisTu croiraisIl répondraitNous fermerionsVous prêteriezElles mentiraient J’achèteraisTu rangeraisIl rentreraitNous sortirionsVous sentiriez Je perdraisTu joueraisIl boiraitNous volerionsVous resteriez
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