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FUTURE TENSE V´s CONDITIONAL TENSE

 

The Future Tense translates in English as I will or I´ll do something e.g. Hablaré – I will speak.

 

The Conditional Tense translates in English as I would or could do something e.g. Hablaría – I would/could speak.

 

These two tenses should not be confused   Although both refer to an action in the Future, the Future tense is a definite action and the Conditional tense implies probability.

 

Both tenses are formed in the same way taking the Infinitive of the verb and adding the appropriate endings.  The irregular verbs also follow the same rules.   If a verb is irregular in the Future tense it will also be irregular in the Conditional tense.

 

IRREGULAR VERBS

 

PONDRÉ I WILL PUT PONDRÍA I WOULD PUT
SALDRÉ I WILL LEAVE SALDRÍA I WOULD LEAVE
TENDRÉ I WILL HAVE TENDRÍA I WOULD HAVE
VALDRÉ I WILL BE WORTH IT VALDRÍA I WOULD BE WORTH IT
VENDRÉ I WILL COME VENDRÍA I WOULD COME
DIRÉ I WILL SAY DIRÍA I WOULD SAY
HARÉ I WILL DO  HARÍA I WOULD DO 
CABRÉ I WILL FIT IN CABRÍA I WOULD FIT IN
HABRÉ I WILL HAVE  HABRÍA I WOULD HAVE 
PODRÉ I WILL BE ABLE PODRÍA I WOULD BE ABLE
QUERRÉ I WILL WANT QUERRÍA I WOULD WANT
SABRÉ I WILL KNOW SABRÍA I WOULD KNOW