Lessons of the Week: COULD - the Condition Tense of Poder
The use of "could" in Spanish is pretty straightforward. The only major difference from English is that you have to conjugate the verb for different people. You create "could" from the conditional Spanish tense, which uses the ROOT + ÍA pattern. (you can find a present tense refresher for PODER here
¿podrías llamar? could you call? Worksheet: Conditional Use of Poder Quiz: Conditional of Poder
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¿me podría ayudar? could you help me?
¿podríamos sentarnos allí? could we sit there?
¿te podría ayudar? could I help you?
2 Comments:
hey, i just thought you should know that the "could" form is an actual verb tense. its called the conditional and it is usually only used every once in a while...i am okay with saying all this bc i have studied spanish for quite some time, and i am also a pastora a una iglesia hispana...asi, you se y conozco la lengua y cultura...well, have a good day
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