Conditional TenseO Condicional

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Introduction

One of the easier conjugation forms to learn, the conditional tense for the most part simply adds ~ia, ~ias, ~íamos, and ~iam to the infinitive of the verb.

For example, falar becomes falaria and comer becomes comeria .

The conditional tense is used in situations similar to when you use would in English to refer to potential events.

    Eu falaria, se ela pede.
    I would talk, if she asked.

    Ele comeria, porque come tudo.
    He would eat it, because he eats everything.

Be careful to note however, that the "would" in these examples is referring to potential events. The equivalent to using "would" as a habitual past event - as in "he would go after school everyday" - is the imperfect tense.

Also, more properly, the conditional is a mood, not really a tense. This is because it makes no claim to when an action is being performed. For the sake of simplicity however, we call it a tense here.

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Conjugation Examples

gostar to like; to enjoy
eu gostaria
tu gostarias
ele / ela / você gostaria
nós gostaríamos
eles / elas / vocês gostariam
morrer to die
eu morreria
tu morrerias
ele / ela / você morreria
nós morreríamos
eles / elas / vocês morreriam
decidir to decide
eu decidiria
tu decidirias
ele / ela / você decidiria
nós decidiríamos
eles / elas / vocês decidiriam
aprazer to please, pleasure
eu aprazeria
tu aprazerias
ele / ela / você aprazeria
nós aprazeríamos
eles / elas / vocês aprazeriam

Additional Reading:
Personal Subject Pronouns
Verb Conjugations

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