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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