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    <description><![CDATA[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...  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>hypersport: excellent explanation, thanks!</p>]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>JP and hypersport, thanks for the replies</p>
<p>am i right in&nbsp;my belief that one can also incorporate the idea of "could" into an active verb i.e</p>
<p>we could eat = poder&iacute;amos comer = comer&iacute;amos</p>
<p>or is the latter only ever, we would eat?</p>
<p>I think thats what sra Tomas was on about but unfortunately she speaks spanish a lot of the time so its difficult to tell. ;-)</p>
<p>It was all about efficiency and brevity, i recall but perhaps she just meant the probability past tense thing&nbsp;that jp mentioned</p>
<p>he must have been 9 = &Eacute;l tiene que haber tenido nueve a&ntilde;os&nbsp; = &Eacute;l tendr&iacute;a nueve a&ntilde;os</p>
<p>looking forward to that&nbsp;la clave episode.(or PQS)</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JP and hypersport, thanks for the replies</p>
<p>am i right in&nbsp;my belief that one can also incorporate the idea of "could" into an active verb i.e</p>
<p>we could eat = poder&iacute;amos comer = comer&iacute;amos</p>
<p>or is the latter only ever, we would eat?</p>
<p>I think thats what sra Tomas was on about but unfortunately she speaks spanish a lot of the time so its difficult to tell. ;-)</p>
<p>It was all about efficiency and brevity, i recall but perhaps she just meant the probability past tense thing&nbsp;that jp mentioned</p>
<p>he must have been 9 = &Eacute;l tiene que haber tenido nueve a&ntilde;os&nbsp; = &Eacute;l tendr&iacute;a nueve a&ntilde;os</p>
<p>looking forward to that&nbsp;la clave episode.(or PQS)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Hola donperigo, no hay de qu&eacute;.</p>
<p><br />Yeah, comer&iacute;amos is we would eat.&nbsp; Podr&iacute;amos comer....we could eat.</p>
<p>He must have been 9...deber&iacute;a de tener 9 a&ntilde;os.&nbsp; I think your first example is also correct, but might be a bit long.&nbsp;</p>
<p>...&eacute;l tendr&iacute;a 9 a&ntilde;os is he would be 9.&nbsp; If he was still alive, he would be 9 today.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Si todav&iacute;a estuviera vivo, &eacute;l tendr&iacute;a 9 a&ntilde;os hoy.</p>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hola donperigo, no hay de qu&eacute;.</p>
<p><br />Yeah, comer&iacute;amos is we would eat.&nbsp; Podr&iacute;amos comer....we could eat.</p>
<p>He must have been 9...deber&iacute;a de tener 9 a&ntilde;os.&nbsp; I think your first example is also correct, but might be a bit long.&nbsp;</p>
<p>...&eacute;l tendr&iacute;a 9 a&ntilde;os is he would be 9.&nbsp; If he was still alive, he would be 9 today.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Si todav&iacute;a estuviera vivo, &eacute;l tendr&iacute;a 9 a&ntilde;os hoy.</p>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>hypersport</em></strong>,</p>
<p>&nbsp;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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;would that it were otherwise</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>hypersport</em></strong>,</p>
<p>&nbsp;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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;would that it were otherwise</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>permiso, tengo una preguna,</p>
<p>el accento en el forma t&uacute; esta en la &aacute;??????</p>
<p>Todav&iacute;s estaba pensando que el accento esta en la &iacute;????</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Gracias</p>
<p>Clara</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>permiso, tengo una preguna,</p>
<p>el accento en el forma t&uacute; esta en la &aacute;??????</p>
<p>Todav&iacute;s estaba pensando que el accento esta en la &iacute;????</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Gracias</p>
<p>Clara</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>clairekelly</strong></span>, that's totally a typo!&nbsp; We'll fix that.&nbsp; Thanks for pointing it out!&nbsp; Here's comer:&nbsp;</p>
<p>com&iacute;a</p>
<p>com&iacute;as</p>
<p>com&iacute;a</p>
<p>com&iacute;amos</p>
<p>com&iacute;ais</p>
<p>com&iacute;an</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>clairekelly</strong></span>, that's totally a typo!&nbsp; We'll fix that.&nbsp; Thanks for pointing it out!&nbsp; Here's comer:&nbsp;</p>
<p>com&iacute;a</p>
<p>com&iacute;as</p>
<p>com&iacute;a</p>
<p>com&iacute;amos</p>
<p>com&iacute;ais</p>
<p>com&iacute;an</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>clairekelly</strong></span>, that typo has been fixed!&nbsp; Please, everyone, download the corrected copy!&nbsp; :)</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>clairekelly</strong></span>, that typo has been fixed!&nbsp; Please, everyone, download the corrected copy!&nbsp; :)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>5. Would you like some chicken pot pie?</p>
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<li>&iquest;Qu&eacute; diablos es eso?</li>
<li> Es similar a un tipo de empanada con guiso de pollo atrapado a dentro.</li>
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<p>From the <a href="http://spanishpod.com/lessons/do-you-want-an-empanada/dialogue">elementary lesson</a><br />Oye, &iquest;quieres una empanada? <br />but using the conditional<br />Oye, &iquest;querr&iacute;as una empanada?</p>
<p>Do you want some or not???</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>5. Would you like some chicken pot pie?</p>
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<li>&iquest;Qu&eacute; diablos es eso?</li>
<li> Es similar a un tipo de empanada con guiso de pollo atrapado a dentro.</li>
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<p>From the <a href="http://spanishpod.com/lessons/do-you-want-an-empanada/dialogue">elementary lesson</a><br />Oye, &iquest;quieres una empanada? <br />but using the conditional<br />Oye, &iquest;querr&iacute;as una empanada?</p>
<p>Do you want some or not???</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Tengo una pregunta gramatical.</p>
<p>"&iquest;Que har&iacute;as si <span style="color: #ff0000;">ganase</span> la loter&iacute;a?"</p>
<p>&iquest;Que tiempo es ganase aqu&iacute;? &iquest;No puedo decir otra vez en condicional <span style="color: #0000ff;">"ganar&iacute;as"</span> o simple "<span style="color: #0000ff;">ganas"</span>?</p>
<p>Me gustar&iacute;a ver m&aacute;s lecciones de las situaciones hipot&eacute;ticas posibles e imposibles. Especialmente las dif&iacute;ciles como "si habr&iacute;as algo mas hubieras algo".</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tengo una pregunta gramatical.</p>
<p>"&iquest;Que har&iacute;as si <span style="color: #ff0000;">ganase</span> la loter&iacute;a?"</p>
<p>&iquest;Que tiempo es ganase aqu&iacute;? &iquest;No puedo decir otra vez en condicional <span style="color: #0000ff;">"ganar&iacute;as"</span> o simple "<span style="color: #0000ff;">ganas"</span>?</p>
<p>Me gustar&iacute;a ver m&aacute;s lecciones de las situaciones hipot&eacute;ticas posibles e imposibles. Especialmente las dif&iacute;ciles como "si habr&iacute;as algo mas hubieras algo".</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Aqu&iacute; ganases (o ganaras) es el imperfecto del subjuntivo.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&iquest;Qu&eacute; har&iacute;as si te&nbsp;ganases la loter&iacute;a?</p>

<p>Le est&aacute; proponiendo una situaci&oacute;n hipot&eacute;tica.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&iquest;Por qu&eacute; no lo compras?</p>
<p>Si pudiera, lo har&iacute;a.&nbsp; If I could, I would.</p>

<p>Si tuviera que escoger...&nbsp; If I had to guess...</p>

<p>Si fuera la verdad, ser&iacute;a genial.&nbsp; If it was the truth, it would be great.&nbsp;</p>


<p>Este tiempo tambi&eacute;n se usa en situaciones del pasado como &eacute;stas:</p>

<p>Te ped&iacute; que no le dijeras nada.&nbsp; I asked you not to say anything to her.</p>
<p>&iquest;No quer&iacute;as que te presentara a mi hermana?&nbsp; Didn&rsquo;t you want me to introduce you to my sister?</p>
<p>Me dijo que te dijera que&nbsp;vayas a verlo ahora mismo.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aqu&iacute; ganases (o ganaras) es el imperfecto del subjuntivo.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&iquest;Qu&eacute; har&iacute;as si te&nbsp;ganases la loter&iacute;a?</p>

<p>Le est&aacute; proponiendo una situaci&oacute;n hipot&eacute;tica.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&iquest;Por qu&eacute; no lo compras?</p>
<p>Si pudiera, lo har&iacute;a.&nbsp; If I could, I would.</p>

<p>Si tuviera que escoger...&nbsp; If I had to guess...</p>

<p>Si fuera la verdad, ser&iacute;a genial.&nbsp; If it was the truth, it would be great.&nbsp;</p>


<p>Este tiempo tambi&eacute;n se usa en situaciones del pasado como &eacute;stas:</p>

<p>Te ped&iacute; que no le dijeras nada.&nbsp; I asked you not to say anything to her.</p>
<p>&iquest;No quer&iacute;as que te presentara a mi hermana?&nbsp; Didn&rsquo;t you want me to introduce you to my sister?</p>
<p>Me dijo que te dijera que&nbsp;vayas a verlo ahora mismo.&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Ah "ganases" es lo mismo que "ganaras". Ahora esta mas claro :) No suelo usar la primera forma. </p>
<p>¡Muchas gracias por explicaciones!</p>]]></description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah "ganases" es lo mismo que "ganaras". Ahora esta mas claro :) No suelo usar la primera forma. </p>
<p>¡Muchas gracias por explicaciones!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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