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The 24 cards in this deck
What would happen — for hypotheticals, politeness, and advice.
- je parleraisI (parler) — future stem + imparfait endings -ais/-ais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aientje parlerais = I would speak
- tu parleraisyou (parler) — conditionaltu parlerais = you would speak
- il/elle parleraithe/she (parler) — conditionalil parlerait = he would speak
- nous parlerionswe (parler) — conditionalnous parlerions = we would speak
- vous parleriezyou (parler) — conditionalvous parleriez = you would speak
- ils/elles parleraientthey (parler) — conditionalils parleraient = they would speak
- je finiraisI (finir) — future stem finir- + -aisje finirais = I would finish
- je seraisI (être) — irregular stem ser-je serais = I would be
- il seraithe (être) — irregular stem ser-il serait = he would be
- nous serionswe (être) — conditionalnous serions = we would be
- j'auraisI (avoir) — irregular stem aur-j'aurais = I would have
- il auraithe (avoir) — irregular stem aur-il aurait = he would have
- j'iraisI (aller) — irregular stem ir-j'irais = I would go
- je feraisI (faire) — irregular stem fer-je ferais = I would do/make
- je pourraisI (pouvoir) — irregular stem pourr- (double r)je pourrais = I could / I would be able to
- je voudraisI (vouloir) — irregular stem voudr-je voudrais = I would like
- je devraisI (devoir) — irregular stem devr-je devrais = I should / I ought to
- je viendraisI (venir) — irregular stem viendr-je viendrais = I would come
- je verraisI (voir) — irregular stem verr- (double r)je verrais = I would see
- Je voudrais un caféPoliteness: the conditional softens a request (vs the blunt 'je veux')Je voudrais un café = I would like a coffee
- Pourriez-vous m'aider ?Politeness: conditional of pouvoir for a polite requestPourriez-vous m'aider ? = Could you help me?
- Tu devrais te reposerAdvice: conditional of devoir = 'should'Tu devrais te reposer = You should rest
- Si j'avais le temps, je voyageraisHypothetical: si + imparfait in one clause, conditional in the otherSi j'avais le temps, je voyagerais = If I had the time, I would travel
- À ta place, je partiraisHypothetical advice: 'if I were you' (à ta place) + conditionalÀ ta place, je partirais = If I were you, I would leave