Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes
Explore the Spanish conditional tense with irregular verbs like saber (sabr-), tener (tendr-), and querer (querr-). Master these roots and regular endings to express possibilities and polite requests effectively.
- The irregular conditional changes the verb stem but adds the regular endings: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Grupo (Group) | Ejemplos de verbo (Verb examples) | Ejemplo de conjugación (Example of conjugation) |
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Eliminar vocal (Remove vowel) | Saber → sabr- Haber → habr- Hacer → har- | Ella sabría cuentas de hadas, estoy segura. (She would know fairy tales, I am sure.) |
Añadir consonante (Add consonant) | Tener → tendr- Salir → saldr- Venir → vendr- | ¿Tú vendrías con nosotros a sacar la tarjeta de biblioteca? (Would you come with us to get the library card?) |
Raíz irregular propia (Irregular stem) | Querer → querr- Poder → podr- Decir → dir- | Yo querría ir hoy a la sala de lectura. (I would like to go to the reading room today.) |
Exercise 1: Condicional: Los verbos irregulares
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
habría, Haría, diría, Saldríamos, Podrías, Pondría, Vendría, Sabrías
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct option with conditional with irregular verbs in Spanish. Pay attention to the irregular stem and the endings. Correct the common mistakes that students usually make in this structure.