📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 12 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 3 · El condicional — would, could, should
Sería, tendría — the conditional built
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 12 of 30: Ser gives sería (I would be); tener gives tendría (I would have). On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
sería feliz
I would be happy
seh-REE-ah feh-LEES
tendría tiempo
I would have time
tehn-DREE-ah TYEHM-poh
rico
rich (m)
RREE-koh
el castillo
the castle
ehl kahs-TEE-yoh
viajar
to travel
byah-HAR
el mundo
the world
ehl MOON-doh
el mundo entero
the whole world
ehl MOON-doh ehn-TEH-roh
con más tiempo
with more time
kohn mahs TYEHM-poh
ellos hablarían español
they would speak Spanish
EH-yohs ah-blah-REE-ahn ehs-pah-NYOHL
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Ser gives sería (I would be); tener gives tendría (I would have). The condicional uses exactly the shortened stems of the futuro: tendr-, podr-, sabr-, har-, dir- — plus -ía. If you know vendré, you know vendría.
Y también · And also
Con más tiempo, viajaría por el mundo entero — with more time, I would travel the whole world. The endings carry an accent on every form: hablaría, hablarías, hablaría, hablaríamos, hablarían.
Ojo · Watch out
The condicional stem is the futuro stem: tendré gives tendría, haré gives haría. Never teneria or haceria. And every ending carries its accent: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -ían.
ser, condicional — the table
yo sería · tú serías · él/ella/usted sería · nosotros seríamos · ustedes serían · ellos/ellas serían
tener, condicional — the table
yo tendría · tú tendrías · él/ella/usted tendría · nosotros tendríamos · ustedes tendrían · ellos/ellas tendrían
hablar, condicional — the table
yo hablaría · tú hablarías · él/ella/usted hablaría · nosotros hablaríamos · ustedes hablarían · ellos/ellas hablarían
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with sería feliz.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out ser, condicional and tener, condicional and hablar, condicional in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.