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| future verbs translate to say |
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| condicional verbs translate to say |
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how would you say this in spanish?
Will you clean the silver plates? |
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¿Quiere limpiar los platos de plata?
Never use the future tense to ask someone to do something for you. Use querrer plus and infinitive |
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how would you say this in spanish?
Juan doesn't want to make the trip. He's probably afraid. |
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Juan no quiere hacer el viaje por la selva. Tendrá miedo.
future tense can be used to express probability or to wonder about something in the present |
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how would you say this in spanish?
I wonder if Juan took along some insect repellent. |
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¿Llevaría insecticida Juan?
use the conditional to express past probability or to wonder about something that happened in the past |
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how would you say this in spanish?
Would you pass the beans, please? |
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¿Me pordría pasar los frijoles, por favor?
use the condiconal to make a polite request or suggestion, particularly with verbs like poder, preferir, desear, deber, and querer |
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how would you say this in spanish?
When I was young, I would read a lot. |
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Cuando era joven, leía mucho.
condicional can never be used to say 'would' when it means 'used to,' in this case the imperfect is used |
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