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Conditional verb forms in Spanish

Like related languages, Spanish has a single-word verb form that roughly corresponds to English would/'d .... It generally expresses either (a) something that would happen based on a condition (the condition may be implied rather than stated), or (b) future-in-the-past. In fact, there are some other details we'll need to look at later, but here are some examples of Spanish conditional forms with these meanings:

(a) lo haría si...
I'd do it if...
(b) dijo que vendría
he said he'd come
 Suggest a change / Cambios sugeridos

The name conditional is often given to this verb form, given the first type of usage illustrated above.

On the next page, we'll look at how to form the conditional; then on successive pages, you'll have the chance to practise conditional verb forms with some on-line exercises.

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