How to Conjugate French Verbs: CONDITIONAL TENSE
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For the conditional tense in French the appropriate endings will be added to the infinitive of the
verb. For verbs ending in “-RE”, remove the final “e” before adding the ending. There are
several verbs that use an irregular stem instead of the infinitive. They are listed further below.
-Conditional Tense Endings
je = AIS nous = IONS
tu = AIS vous = IEZ
il, elle, on = AIT ils, elles = AIENT
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je parlerlais = I would speak
tu parlerais = you would speak
il parlerait = he would speak, elle parlerait = she would speak, on parlerait = one would speak
nous parlerions = we were speaking
vous parleriez = you were speaking
ils/elles parleraient = they were speaking
The follow verbs use an irregular stem instead of the infinitive:
Verb Irregular Stem
aller ir-
avoir aur-
devoir devr-
envoyer enverr-
être ser-
faire fer-
falloir faudr-
mourir mourr-
pleuvoir pleuvr-
pouvoir pourr-
recevoir recevr-
savoir saur-
venir viendr-
voir verr-
vouloir voudr-
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