

If you are still unclear about the conditional, there are more tutorials and examples of the two functions in focus for this unit in Acceso Hub: Forma y Función (LingroLearning). If you are interested in reading about the other two uses of the conditional in Spanish, check out StudySpanish. For now, just focus on the use of the conditional. We will learn the imperfect subjunctive in the next unit. *Don’t worry about the first part of this sentence right now. If I had a million dollars, I would travel around the world. Ejemplo(s): ¿Qué harías tú en esa situación? What would you do in that situation? Si tuviera* un millón de dólares, viajaría alrededor del mundo. As in English, the Spanish conditional tense is used to express what would happen in a given (usually hypothetical) situation.Ejemplo(s): ¿Puedes ayudarme? Can you help me? ¿ Podrías ayudarme? Could you help me? ¿Me harás un favor? Will you do me a favor? ¿Me harías un favor? Would you do me a favor? First, we use it to soften requests in order to be polite. The Spanish conditional tense works very much like the English conditional tense.The Spanish conditional tense has four basic functions, but we will be focused on the first two: su poner Ejemplo(s): él supondr ía He would suppose.man tener Ejemplo(s): tú mantendr ías. The Future Simple Tense in Spanish Are you ready to make plans with Spanish-speaking people in a natural, easy-going way For a quick start, you can use the ir + a + infinitive construction to talk about the future, but eventually you’ll want to build your grammar knowledge to include the future simple tense (which is just one word).Note that all verbs that are built from a verb with an irregular root (the ones in the chart above) will maintain that irregularity:
