📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 15 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 3 · El condicional — would, could, should
La carta cortés — the polite letter
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 15 of 30: The condicional writes B1's letters: Quisiera saber si… ¿Sería posible…? 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
quisiera saber si
I would like to know whether
kee-SYEH-rah sah-BEHR see
¿sería posible?
would it be possible?
seh-REE-ah poh-SEE-bleh
reservar
to book
rreh-sehr-BAR
la piscina
the swimming pool
lah pee-SEE-nah
atentamente
sincerely (sign-off)
ah-tehn-tah-MEHN-teh
la carta
the letter (mail)
lah KAR-tah
gracias de antemano
thanks in advance
GRAH-syahs deh ahn-teh-MAH-noh
estimado señor
dear sir
ehs-tee-MAH-doh seh-NYOHR
yo iría con gusto
I would gladly go
yoh ee-REE-ah kohn GOOS-toh
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
The condicional writes B1's letters: Quisiera saber si… ¿Sería posible…? — with atentamente as the sign-off. Estimado señor / Estimada señora opens a letter to someone you do not know.
Y también · And also
Estimada señora: Quisiera saber si la piscina está abierta los domingos. ¿Sería posible reservar? Gracias de antemano. Atentamente, Leo. Three conditional moves, one perfectly polite email. In Mexico the pool is la alberca; piscina is understood everywhere.
Ojo · Watch out
estimado / estimada agrees with the reader: estimado señor, estimada señora. And atentamente closes a letter, never opens it — Spanish letters open with the greeting and a colon, not a comma.
ir, condicional — the table
yo iría · tú irías · él/ella/usted iría · nosotros iríamos · ustedes irían · ellos/ellas irían
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with quisiera saber si.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out ir, 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.