Conditional: Irregular Stems

This lesson focuses on drilling the irregular conditional forms. Since the conditional shares its stem with the futur simple, mastering these stems gives you two tenses for the price of one.

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Complete Irregular Stem Table

Infinitive	Meaning	Stem	Example (je)
être	to be	ser-	je serais
avoir	to have	aur-	j'aurais
aller	to go	ir-	j'irais
faire	to do/make	fer-	je ferais
venir	to come	viendr-	je viendrais
tenir	to hold	tiendr-	je tiendrais
voir	to see	verr-	je verrais
envoyer	to send	enverr-	j'enverrais
pouvoir	to be able	pourr-	je pourrais
vouloir	to want	voudr-	je voudrais
devoir	to have to	devr-	je devrais
savoir	to know	saur-	je saurais
courir	to run	courr-	je courrais
mourir	to die	mourr-	je mourrais
recevoir	to receive	recevr-	je recevrais
falloir	must/necessary	faudr-	il faudrait
pleuvoir	to rain	pleuvr-	il pleuvrait
valoir	to be worth	vaudr-	il vaudrait
acquérir	to acquire	acquerr-	j'acquerrais
cueillir	to pick/gather	cueiller-	je cueillerais

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Full Conjugation Drills

Pouvoir (to be able to) — Stem: pourr-

Subject	Conditional	English
je	pourrais	I could / I would be able to
tu	pourrais	you could
il/elle/on	pourrait	he/she could
nous	pourrions	we could
vous	pourriez	you could
ils/elles	pourraient	they could

Vouloir (to want) — Stem: voudr-

Subject	Conditional	English
je	voudrais	I would like
tu	voudrais	you would like
il/elle/on	voudrait	he/she would like
nous	voudrions	we would like
vous	voudriez	you would like
ils/elles	voudraient	they would like

Devoir (to have to) — Stem: devr-

Subject	Conditional	English
je	devrais	I should / I ought to
tu	devrais	you should
il/elle/on	devrait	he/she should
nous	devrions	we should
vous	devriez	you should
ils/elles	devraient	they should

Venir (to come) — Stem: viendr-

Subject	Conditional	English
je	viendrais	I would come
tu	viendrais	you would come
il/elle/on	viendrait	he/she would come
nous	viendrions	we would come
vous	viendriez	you would come
ils/elles	viendraient	they would come

Voir (to see) — Stem: verr-