Conditional Tense: Regular Verbs

The condicional simple (simple conditional) is the Spanish equivalent of English "would". It is used for hypothetical situations, polite requests, wishes, and more. Like the future tense, it is formed by adding endings to the complete infinitive — and the endings are the same for -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs.

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How to Form the Conditional

Take the full infinitive and add the conditional endings:

Ending	Used with
-ía	yo
-ías	tú
-ía	él / ella / usted
-íamos	nosotros/as
-íais	vosotros/as
-ían	ellos / ellas / ustedes

Key point: Notice that yo and él/ella/usted share the same ending: -ía. Context (or a subject pronoun) makes the meaning clear.

Tip: The conditional endings look like the imperfect tense endings of -er/-ir verbs (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían). If you know those, you already know the conditional endings!

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-AR Verbs: Hablar (To Speak)