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Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative Mood: Conditional Tense
Conditional Tense: Verbs with Irregular Stems

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OBJECTIVE:
Work these verbs to death!
TASK:
Try to practice these verb forms by first saying the infinitive out loud a few times. Then work the verb forms individually by person: I would ___, I wouldn't ___, I would ___, etc. Then go to we would ___, we wouldn't ___, we would ___, etc.
PERPLEXED?
It really only takes a few minutes to get these down, once your mind has concentrated some effort on the fact that it's a form of communication and in a bunch of different countries: "THIS is HOW they do it!!!"
What is up with these verbs?
You ask too many questions. If you were learning Spanish as a native language (as a kid) you'd never go around asking folks "Why are you saying that like that?" You'd just pick it up, ... and LEARN it.
Many of these verbs are crucial in their "popularity of use." They're important!
The verb haber is used as a helping verb for the perfect tenses (which you haven't gotten to yet), and in these forms cover the English "would've" ... and that's a much used expression.
The verbs satisfacer and valer are not used tremendously, but are important enough to know. If you want to skip them for now, it's OK.

 
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VERB CONJUGATION
Indicative Mood
Present Tense
Regular -ar Verbs
Regular -er Verbs
Regular -ir Verbs
Stem e -> ie
Stem o -> ue
Stem e -> i
Stem iar: i -> í
Stem uar: u -> ú
Stem uir: i -> y
Stem ger/gir: g -> j
Yo form -oy
Yo form -zco
Yo form -go
Imperfect Tense
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Preterite Tense
Regular AR Verbs
Ending -car
Ending -gar
Ending -zar
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ER/IR Verbs vowel Stem
IR Stem-changers
Irregular Stems
Future Tense
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Irregular Stems
Conditional Tense
Regular Verbs
Irregular Stems
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Perfect Tenses

Reference
Subject Pronouns
yo
nosotros
nosotras
tú*
vosotros
vosotras
él
ella
Usted
ellos
ellas
Ustedes
*In some countries in Central & South America vos is used instead of .

Reflexive Pronouns
me nos
te os
se  se

Direct Object Pronouns
me nos
te os
lo
la
lo/la
los
las
los/las

Indirect Object Pronouns
me nos
te os
le les
Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular stems
These verbs do not use the infinitive for the formation of the conditional tense.
They use the irregular stem listed, along with the normal conditional tense endings.
The normal endings in the chart below are added to the stems given for each verb listed.
yo -ía nosotros, nosotras -íamos
-ías vosotros, vosotras -íais
él, ella, Usted -ía ellos, ellas, Ustedes -ían
ER
caber cabr- to fit, have room passen
  haber habr- to have (auxiliary verb) haben (Hilfsverbum)
*
hacer har- to do, make machen, tun
poder podr- to be able to, "can" können
*
poner pondr- to put, place stellen
querer querr- to want, love wollen, lieben
saber sabr- to know wissen
satisfacer satisfar- to satisfy befriedigen
*
tener tendr- to have haben
valer valdr- to be worth gelten, lohnen
IR
*
decir dir- to say, tell sagen
*
salir saldr- to leave, go out ausgehen
*
venir vendr- to come kommen
Verbs marked with an * have a family of verbs which use the same endings as the root verb.
These same irregular stems are used for the future tense of the verbs listed.
To see the conditional tense conjugated forms of these verbs, click on a pronoun below:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Yo form
To make this form add an accented ía to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabría I would fit ...
ich würde passen
haber habr- habría I would have ...
ich würde ge_____ haben
hacer har- haría I would do ...
ich würde machen, tun
poder podr- podría I would be able ...
ich würde können
poner pondr- pondría I would put ...
ich würde stellen
querer querr- querría * I would want ...
ich würde wollen
saber sabr- sabría I would know ...
ich würde wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaría I would satisfy ...
ich würde befriedigen
tener tendr- tendría I would have ...
ich würde haben
valer valdr- valdría I would be worth ...
ich würde gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diría I would say ...
ich würde sagen
salir saldr- saldría I would leave ...
ich würde ausgehen
venir vendr- vendría I would come ...
ich würde kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ía ending says I would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun YO needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for él, ella, & Usted.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with YO being the subject, you can leave it out.
The YO becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
form
To make this form add an accented ías to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabría you would fit ...
du würdest passen
haber habr- habrías you would have ...
du würdest ge_____ haben
hacer har- harías you would do ...
du würdest machen, tun
poder podr- podrías you would be able ...
du würdest können
poner pondr- pondrías you would put ...
du würdest stellen
querer querr- querrías * you would want ...
du würdest wollen
saber sabr- sabrías you would know ...
du würdest wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfarías you would satisfy ...
du würdest befriedigen
tener tendr- tendrías you would have ...
du würdest haben
valer valdr- valdrías you would be worth ...
du würdest gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- dirías you would say ...
du würdest sagen
salir saldr- saldrías you would leave ...
du würdest ausgehen
venir vendr- vendrías you would come ...
du würdest kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ías ending says you would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun never needs to be used, since this form can only imply a familiar you.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Él form
To make this form add an accented ía to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabría he would fit ...
er würde passen
haber habr- habría he would have ...
er würde ge_____ haben
hacer har- haría he would do ...
er würde machen, tun
poder podr- podría he would be able ...
er würde können
poner pondr- pondría he would put ...
er würde stellen
querer querr- querría * he would want ...
er würde wollen
saber sabr- sabría he would know ...
er würde wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaría he would satisfy ...
er würde befriedigen
tener tendr- tendría he would have ...
er würde haben
valer valdr- valdría he would be worth ...
er würde gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diría he would say ...
er würde sagen
salir saldr- saldría he would leave ...
er würde ausgehen
venir vendr- vendría he would come ...
er würde kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ía ending says he would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun ÉL needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for yo, ella, & Usted.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with ÉL being the subject, you can leave it out.
The ÉL becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Ella form
To make this form add an accented ía to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabría she would fit ...
sie würde passen
haber habr- habría she would have ...
sie würde ge_____ haben
hacer har- haría she would do ...
sie würde machen, tun
poder podr- podría she would be able ...
sie würde können
poner pondr- pondría she would put ...
sie würde stellen
querer querr- querría * she would want ...
sie würde wollen
saber sabr- sabría she would know ...
sie würde wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaría she would satisfy ...
sie würde befriedigen
tener tendr- tendría she would have ...
sie würde haben
valer valdr- valdría she would be worth ...
sie würde gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diría she would say ...
sie würde sagen
salir saldr- saldría she would leave ...
sie würde ausgehen
venir vendr- vendría she would come ...
sie würde kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ía ending says she would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun ELLA needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for yo, él, & Usted.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with ELLA being the subject, you can leave it out.
The ELLA becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Usted form
To make this form add an accented ía to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabría you would fit ...
Sie würden passen
haber habr- habría you would have ...
Sie würden ge_____ haben
hacer har- haría you would do ...
Sie würden machen, tun
poder podr- podría you would be able ...
Sie würden können
poner pondr- pondría you would put ...
Sie würden stellen
querer querr- querría * you would want ...
Sie würden wollen
saber sabr- sabría you would know ...
Sie würden wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaría you would satisfy ...
Sie würden befriedigen
tener tendr- tendría you would have ...
Sie würden haben
valer valdr- valdría you would be worth ...
Sie würden gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diría you would say ...
Sie würden sagen
salir saldr- saldría you would leave ...
Sie würden ausgehen
venir vendr- vendría you would come ...
Sie würden kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ía ending says you would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun USTED needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for yo, él, & ella.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with USTED being the subject, you can leave it out.
The USTED becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Nosotros & Nosotras form
To make this form add an accented íamos to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabríamos we would fit ...
wir würden passen
haber habr- habríamos we would have ...
wir würden ge_____ haben
hacer har- haríamos we would do ...
wir würden machen, tun
poder podr- podríamos we would be able ...
wir würden können
poner pondr- pondríamos we would put ...
wir würden stellen
querer querr- querríamos * we would want ...
wir würden wollen
saber sabr- sabríamos we would know ...
wir würden wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaríamos we would satisfy ...
wir würden befriedigen
tener tendr- tendríamos we would have ...
wir würden haben
valer valdr- valdríamos we would be worth ...
wir würden gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diríamos we would say ...
wir würden sagen
salir saldr- saldríamos we would leave ...
wir würden ausgehen
venir vendr- vendríamos we would come ...
wir würden kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -íamos ending says we would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun NOSOTROS does not need to be stated in the conditional tense.
It is already clear by the ending onto an infinitive that NOSOTROS is doing the action.
If you do add the NOSOTROS, it usually adds emphasis, saying we would do this ..., if ....
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Vosotros & Vosotras form
To make this form add an accented íais to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabríais y'all would fit ...
ihr würdet passen
haber habr- habríais y'all would have ...
ihr würdet ge_____ haben
hacer har- haríais y'all would do ...
ihr würdet machen, tun
poder podr- podríais y'all would be able ...
ihr würdet können
poner pondr- pondríais y'all would put ...
ihr würdet stellen
querer querr- querríais * y'all would want ...
ihr würdet wollen
saber sabr- sabríais y'all would know ...
ihr würdet wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfaríais y'all would satisfy ...
ihr würdet befriedigen
tener tendr- tendríais y'all would have ...
ihr würdet haben
valer valdr- valdríais y'all would be worth ...
ihr würdet gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- diríais y'all would say ...
ihr würdet sagen
salir saldr- saldríais y'all would leave ...
ihr würdet ausgehen
venir vendr- vendríais y'all would come ...
ihr würdet kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -íais ending says y'all would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun VOSOTROS does not need to be stated in the conditional tense.
It is already clear by the ending onto an infinitive that VOSOTROS is doing the action.
If you do add the VOSOTROS, it usually adds emphasis, saying y'all would do this ..., if ....
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Ellos form
To make this form add an accented ían to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabrían they would fit ...
sie würden passen
haber habr- habrían they would have ...
sie würden ge_____ haben
hacer har- harían they would do ...
sie würden machen, tun
poder podr- podrían they would be able ...
sie würden können
poner pondr- pondrían they would put ...
sie würden stellen
querer querr- querrían * they would want ...
sie würden wollen
saber sabr- sabrían they would know ...
sie würden wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfarían they would satisfy ...
sie würden befriedigen
tener tendr- tendrían they would have ...
sie würden haben
valer valdr- valdrían they would be worth ...
sie würden gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- dirían they would say ...
sie würden sagen
salir saldr- saldrían they would leave ...
sie würden ausgehen
venir vendr- vendrían they would come ...
sie würden kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ían ending says they would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun ELLOS needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for ELLAS & USTEDES.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with ELLOS being the subject, you can leave it out.
The ELLOS becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Ellas form
To make this form add an accented ían to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch (weibliche Gruppe)
caber cabr- cabrían they would fit ...
sie würden passen
haber habr- habrían they would have ...
sie würden ge_____ haben
hacer har- harían they would do ...
sie würden machen, tun
poder podr- podrían they would be able ...
sie würden können
poner pondr- pondrían they would put ...
sie würden stellen
querer querr- querrían * they would want ...
sie würden wollen
saber sabr- sabrían they would know ...
sie würden wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfarían they would satisfy ...
sie würden befriedigen
tener tendr- tendrían they would have ...
sie würden haben
valer valdr- valdrían they would be worth ...
sie würden gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- dirían they would say ...
sie würden sagen
salir saldr- saldrían they would leave ...
sie würden ausgehen
venir vendr- vendrían they would come ...
sie würden kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ían ending says they would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun ELLAS needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for ELLOS & USTEDES.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with ELLAS being the subject, you can leave it out.
The ELLAS becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES

Conditional Tense: Verbs with irregular conditional stems
Ustedes form
To make this form add an accented ían to the end of the stem provided.
ER
(... if some condition were to exist)
deutsch
caber cabr- cabrían you would fit ...
Sie würden passen
haber habr- habrían you would have ...
Sie würden ge_____ haben
hacer har- harían you would do ...
Sie würden machen, tun
poder podr- podrían you would be able ...
Sie würden können
poner pondr- pondrían you would put ...
Sie würden stellen
querer querr- querrían * you would want ...
Sie würden wollen
saber sabr- sabrían you would know ...
Sie würden wissen
satisfacer satisfar- satisfarían you would satisfy ...
Sie würden befriedigen
tener tendr- tendrían you would have ...
Sie würden haben
valer valdr- valdrían you would be worth ...
Sie würden gelten
* This form is not used. The past subjunctive forms are used, due to the similarity with the imperfect forms of querer.
IR
decir dir- dirían you would say ...
Sie würden sagen
salir saldr- saldrían you would leave ...
Sie würden ausgehen
venir vendr- vendrían you would come ...
Sie würden kommen
Adding an ending to the entire infinitive indicates that the action is not/has not begun.
Using the -ían ending says you would do the action implied by the verb, under given circumstances.
The pronoun USTEDES needs to be stated more frequently in the conditional tense, because the same form is used for ELLOS & ELLAS.
Once it is clear that the conversation is continuing with USTEDES being the subject, you can leave it out.
The USTEDES becomes understood, because of the ending and the context of the conversation.
A look at other forms:
YO
ÉL
ELLA
USTED
NOSOTROS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
USTEDES