Le Conditionnel
Review of irregular and regular conditional verbs
What is it?
The conditional is used to express what would
happen if given certain events or actions
For example, if you would go biking only if the
weather were nice, you would use the
conditional tense in the following way:
 S’il faisait beau, je ferais du velo.
 If the weather is nice, I would go biking.
Regular Conditional Stems
The conditional of regular verbs is formed
using the infinitive form, and adding the
respective conditional ending
 Note that for ‐re regular verbs, the final ‐e
from the infinitive ending is dropped before
adding the conditional ending
For example, the infinitive form of “to eat” is
manger, thus the conditional stem is manger
Irregular Conditional Stems
Irregular conditional stems are from
memorization, and are in the following chart.
Verb
Stem
Verb
Stem
Etre (to be)
Ser-
Pouvoir (can)
Pourr-
Avoir (to have)
Aur-
Vouloir (to
want)
Voudr-
Aller (to go)
Ir-
Devoir (must)
Devr-
Venir (to come)
Viendr-
Savoir ( to
know)
Saur-
Faire (to do)
Fer-
Apercevoir (to
perceive)
Apercevr-
Envoyer (to
send)
Enverr-
Recevoir (to
receive)
Recevr-
Conditional Endings
Conditional verb endings are the same as
imparfait endings.
They are shown in the following table:
Je
-ais
Nous
-ions
Tu
-ais
Vous
-iez
Il/Elle
-ait
Ils/Elles
-aient
“If…then” Sentences
Using “Si” you can use the conditional to
create if…then sentences.
For example, “if you didn’t go to school, then
you wouldn’t have a job” would be:
 Si tu n’allais pas au l’ecole, tu n’aurais pas un
travail.
Practice
Match each verb to the correct pronoun
Je
Voudrions
Nous
Mangeraient
Vous
Devrais
Il
Regarderiez
Elles
Finirait
Conditional Jeopardy
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400
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Finish
Conditional Jeopardy
What is the correct conjugation of the
following verb for the matching
pronoun?
Nous (manger) une pomme.
Nous mangerions une pomme
Conditional Jeopardy
What is the correct conjugation of the
following verb for the matching
pronoun?
Tu (Vivre) au France.
Tu vivrais au France
Conditional Jeopardy
What is the correct conjugation of the
following verb for the matching
pronoun?
Ils (Avoir) un chien
Ils auraient un chien
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence
and conjugate to fit in the sentence
Elle_______du camping
Elle ferait du camping
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence
and conjugate to fit in the sentence
Vous_______au Quebec
Vous iriez au Quebec
ou
Vous voyageriez au Quebec
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence
and conjugate to fit in the sentence
S’ils gagnaient, ils _______hereux
S’ils gagnaient, ils seraient heruex
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose the right verb for the pronoun:
Je (mangerais/mangerait/mangeraient)
Je mangerais
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose the right verb for the pronoun:
Nous (devrions/devrait/devraient)
Nous devrions
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose the right verb for the pronoun:
Elles (pourrais/pourrait/pourraient)
Elles pourraient
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence, and
conjugate it to match the pronoun
Il ______ s'il avait faim.
Il mangerait s'il avait faim.
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence, and
conjugate it to match the pronoun
Si nous étudions, nous _____ plus
intelligents.
Si nous étudions, nous serions plus
intelligents.
Conditional Jeopardy
Choose a verb that fits the sentence, and
conjugate it to match the pronoun
Si j’avais soif, je ______ l’eau
Si j’avais soif, je boirais l’eau.
Recap
Conditional tense is used to express what
would happen
Regular verbs use the full verb as the stem,
with the exception of –re verbs.
Irregular verbs use their respective verb stems
Endings are the same as the imparfait endings.