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B1 Lesson 2 of 3 · Future, Conditional & Hypotheses

The conditional: politeness and wishes

Form the present conditional and use it to ask politely, give advice and express wishes.

14 min · 8 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Form the conditional (future stem + imparfait endings)
  • Make polite requests
  • Give advice with tu devrais
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1Conditional = future stem + imparfait endings: je voudrais, tu pourrais, il serait.
  • 2Politeness: je voudrais, pourriez-vous, auriez-vous.
  • 3Advice: tu devrais, vous devriez, à ta place je…; wishes: j’aimerais, je voudrais.

Key vocabulary

un renseignementa piece of information
pourriez-vouscould you
à ta placeif I were you
j’aimeraisI would like