El condicional en inglés: would + verbo
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El condicional en inglés se forma con would + forma base. Es invariable para todas las personas. Se usa para hipótesis, cortesía y deseos.
A diferencia del español, el inglés no conjuga el condicional (comería, hablaría). Siempre necesita el auxiliar would.
¿Cuándo se usa el condicional en inglés: would + verbo?
If I had money, I would buy a car.
Si tuviera dinero, compraría un coche.
Situaciones hipotéticas o imaginarias en el presente.
Would you help me, please?
¿Me ayudarías, por favor?
Would hace las peticiones más educadas que can o will.
I would like a coffee.
Me gustaría un café.
Would like es más formal que want.
Cómo se forma el condicional en inglés: would + verbo
Afirmativa
would + forma base. Contracción: I'd, he'd, etc.
I would go. / She'd like that.
Negativa
would not (wouldn't) + forma base.
I wouldn't buy that. / He wouldn't live there.
Interrogativa
Would + sujeto + forma base.
Would you help me?
Tablas de conjugación del condicional en inglés: would + verbo
Conjugación completa de 5 verbos en conditional present.
go
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | would go |
| you | would go |
| he/she/it | would go |
| we | would go |
| they | would go |
like
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | would like |
| you | would like |
| he/she/it | would like |
| we | would like |
| they | would like |
help
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | would help |
| you | would help |
| he/she/it | would help |
| we | would help |
| they | would help |
buy
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | would buy |
| you | would buy |
| he/she/it | would buy |
| we | would buy |
| they | would buy |
live
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | would live |
| you | would live |
| he/she/it | would live |
| we | would live |
| they | would live |
Errores frecuentes al conjugar el condicional en inglés: would + verbo
*If I would have money, I would buy it.
En la cláusula if, se usa past simple, no would: If I had money, I would buy it.
*He would goes.
Después de would, forma base: He would go.
*I would liked a coffee.
Forma base después de would: I would like a coffee.
El condicional en inglés: would + verbo: comparación inglés y español
El condicional con would equivale al condicional español: I would eat = comería, she would speak = hablaría. La correspondencia es directa.
Preguntas frecuentes sobre el condicional en inglés: would + verbo
El condicional en inglés con would
Practica con go, like, help, buy. Ver: futuro con will, verbos modales, past perfect.
Practica el condicional en inglés: would + verbo
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