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Time now to review "el tiempo condicional," the Spanish conditional tense. You'll find it easy to form and easy to use, and soon you'll be talking in hypothetical situations and "would"s that haven't happened...

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jpvillanueva says

Ok, here's some tarea :)

Paso uno:  In the following sentences, label each "would-action" as a would-that-hasn't-happened or a would-that-has-happened. 

Paso dos: Say whether you'd use the condicional or the imperfecto when giving the Spanish equivalent.

Paso BONUS: give the Spanish equivalent.

  1. As a teenager, she would always mouth off to her teachers. 
  2. Sometimes, back then, we would get detention for passing notes.
  3. I wouldn't do that if I were you.    
  4. She would never do that to you.
  5. Would you like some chicken pot pie?
March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

¡Muy bueno! Carmen: ¡bien hecho!, casi no reconocí tú voz. Leo, ¿cómo pudiste hacerlo sin reír? :)

Very good! Carmen: well done!, I almost didn't recognize your voice. Leo, how could you do that without laughing? :)

Un comentario sobre el PDF: la palabra "encendio" no está en el diccionario de la lengua española. Como vosotros decís en el vídeo, la palabra correcta es "incendio" (y es masculino).

A comment about the PDF: the word "encendio" isn't in the diccionario de la lengua española. As you say in the video, the correct word is "incendio" (and it is masculine).

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

Thanks martinillo, i'll chase down that typo tomorrow at the office :)

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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cutthatcity says

Otra gran la clave:)

Ustedes son actores excellentes

Nunca me di cuenta que en inglés usamos el tiempo condicional para decir acciones pasadas...

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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srcarlos says

JP.  I am guessing you have already noticed the typo on this lesson.  As the endings are introduced, the vosotros ending is misspelled.  Great lesson, though!

My question, "si ganase" and "si ganara" were both used.  Which is more common? And if both, where is each more common? 

Sr Carlos

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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marti says

Como me gusta este video...  Nunca voy a oviladr el condicional...  Pobrecito Leo...  compartiía mi perrita si fueras aquí...  en esta foto pesa dos libras cuando llegó hace tres años....  ahora seis libras...  se llama Medoña; cuando se diga en gaelico es igual a 'mi morena'  

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

 

aquí es mi intento de hacer la traducción de inglés al español:

1. Como adolescente era muy sarcástica con sus profesores.

2. En aquel entonces, a veces estabamos castigados por pasando notas.

3. Si yo fuera tu, no lo haría.

4. Ella nunca te lo haría.

5. Te gustaría algo de pastel de pollo?

 

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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leoguerrero says

Gracias Marti! Te lo agradezco mucho! JP me hizo creer que íbamos a tener un SpanishPod cachorro, pero no era cierto! :(

March 16, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

Hey gang, those typos are fixed now!  Hope you don't find any more :)

Please download new copies of the video and PDF for error-free versions.

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

JP: Sorry, I shouldn't have written it in parantheses: "incendio" is a masculine noun. ;)

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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alma says

Muy divertido, Leo . . . debes estar en Hollywood. 

Spanishpod necesita un cachorro.  Mi perra se murió hace cuatro meses.  La echo de menos mucho!  Hasta sueño con ella.

 

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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rachaelt says

Gracias JP y el equipo de spanishpod.  De nuevo una gramática lección graciosa, informativa y educativa.  Es difícil hacer gramática interesante, pero siempre lo hacen.

Me gustaría un cochorro también.  Me siento tu dolor, Leo.

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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leoguerrero says

Yo tenía una perrita dálmata en México y murió ya de vieja hace como 8 meses, pero no me enteré hasta en noviembre cuando fuí a México. Mis papás no me habían dicho nada. Yo también la extraño mucho.

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

martinillo, that error should be all cleared up now :)

March 17, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

JP: Excellent. :)

March 18, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

pobre leo JP debería estar avergonzado

obviamente no es lo mismo perro aqui es un cachorro virtual.

heres a phrase from my old homework that still mangles my brain..

"twenty years ago they must have been living in france"

hace veinte años, deberían de estar viviendo en francia? .... habrían estado? ...estarían en francia?

where does the condicional go? personally i "would" rather avoid the whole issue.

hace veinte años es claro que ellos vivian en francia ?

 

March 18, 2009 from the Web.
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jassielito says

Is there anything wrong with saying...que harias si ganarias la loteria?

March 18, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

donperigo, ah, the "probably past," a function of the condicional that I chose not to explain in this episode.  Dont' worry, its episode will come.  I might say, "hace veinte años vivirían en Francia."

acambaropv, ah, the "if-then" conditional construction.  There will be a whole episode dedicated to that in the future :)  For now, I'll tell you yes, your sentence is not standard; we don't put the conditional in the same clause as the "si."

March 18, 2009 from the Web.
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hypersport says

Hola donperigo.

Deber followed by de is different than deber by itself. 

Deber de is used when there is probability, or a supposition.

Deberia is used a lot for should.

So "they must have been living in France" is an opinion or a guess, we don't know if it's fact....deber de

March 18, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

hypersport: excellent explanation, thanks!

March 19, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

JP and hypersport, thanks for the replies

am i right in my belief that one can also incorporate the idea of "could" into an active verb i.e

we could eat = poderíamos comer = comeríamos

or is the latter only ever, we would eat?

I think thats what sra Tomas was on about but unfortunately she speaks spanish a lot of the time so its difficult to tell. ;-)

It was all about efficiency and brevity, i recall but perhaps she just meant the probability past tense thing that jp mentioned

he must have been 9 = Él tiene que haber tenido nueve años  = Él tendría nueve años

looking forward to that la clave episode.(or PQS)

March 22, 2009 from the Web.
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hypersport says

Hola donperigo, no hay de qué.


Yeah, comeríamos is we would eat.  Podríamos comer....we could eat.

He must have been 9...debería de tener 9 años.  I think your first example is also correct, but might be a bit long. 

...él tendría 9 años is he would be 9.  If he was still alive, he would be 9 today.

 Si todavía estuviera vivo, él tendría 9 años hoy.

 

March 22, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

hypersport,

 i see your point, i cant remember if that was my answer or something i copied from the board, i never was a good note taker. I can see now the whole lesson went over my head. i was under the impression it was all nice and simple but it seems there are hidden depths to the conditional.

 would that it were otherwise

March 22, 2009 from the Web.
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clairekelly says

permiso, tengo una preguna,

el accento en el forma tú esta en la á??????

Todavís estaba pensando que el accento esta en la í????

 

Gracias

Clara

March 29, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

clairekelly, that's totally a typo!  We'll fix that.  Thanks for pointing it out!  Here's comer: 

comía

comías

comía

comíamos

comíais

comían

March 29, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

clairekelly, that typo has been fixed!  Please, everyone, download the corrected copy!  :)

March 29, 2009 from the Web.
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cobre says

5. Would you like some chicken pot pie?

  • ¿Qué diablos es eso?
  • Es similar a un tipo de empanada con guiso de pollo atrapado a dentro.

From the elementary lesson
Oye, ¿quieres una empanada?
but using the conditional
Oye, ¿querrías una empanada?

Do you want some or not???

May 5, 2009 from the Web.
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donartemio says

Tengo una pregunta gramatical.

"¿Que harías si ganase la lotería?"

¿Que tiempo es ganase aquí? ¿No puedo decir otra vez en condicional "ganarías" o simple "ganas"?

Me gustaría ver más lecciones de las situaciones hipotéticas posibles e imposibles. Especialmente las difíciles como "si habrías algo mas hubieras algo".

October 23, 2010 from the Web.
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hypersport says

Aquí ganases (o ganaras) es el imperfecto del subjuntivo. 

¿Qué harías si te ganases la lotería?

Le está proponiendo una situación hipotética. 

¿Por qué no lo compras?

Si pudiera, lo haría.  If I could, I would.

Si tuviera que escoger...  If I had to guess...

Si fuera la verdad, sería genial.  If it was the truth, it would be great. 

Este tiempo también se usa en situaciones del pasado como éstas:

Te pedí que no le dijeras nada.  I asked you not to say anything to her.

¿No querías que te presentara a mi hermana?  Didn’t you want me to introduce you to my sister?

Me dijo que te dijera que vayas a verlo ahora mismo. 

October 23, 2010 from the Web.
donartemio says

Ah "ganases" es lo mismo que "ganaras". Ahora esta mas claro :) No suelo usar la primera forma.

¡Muchas gracias por explicaciones!

October 23, 2010 from the Web.

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