Conditionnel présent
The present conditional (le présent du conditionnel) is used to express actions that might or would happen. It is the “would” tense. It is formed in a similar way to the futur simple.
The verb tense is conjugated by adding the imperfect endings (-ais, -ais -, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient) to the infinitives or regular -ER and -IR verbs.
DALF C1 Tips and Tricks
During your DALF C1 French oral exam it is recommended that you have the ability to use the conditionnel présent verb tense within your responses.
You can learn more about the verb tense and conjugation on various sites including: https://www.frenchlearner.com/, https://www.thoughtco.com/french-conditional-mood-1368824, https://www.fluentu.com/blog/french/french-conditional-tense/, and many other sites; however we offer you the following tip for your DALF C1 exam.
If you have difficulty in remembering the conditionnel présent then create a mental image of what you would do if you had no stress in your daily life -no need to worry about working, no need to worry about your family, no need to worry about any of your daily tasks. Perhaps you have a mental image of exercising, gardening, swimming on a beach, or reading a book. Let’s take the example of gardening:
J’aimerais avoir plus de temps pour faire du jardinage.
I would like to have more time to do gardening.
Note, how the verb aimer is in the conditionnel présent and note the sound of the ending of the word. Also, take notice of the fact that the second verb avoir is in its unconjugated form since the verb aimer can be used as a semi-auxiliary verb. In our ebook study guide series for DALF C1 and DELF B2 exams we shared with you the grammar rule that any verb after a semi-auxiliary verb is not conjugated.
So when you are in your DALF C1 French oral exam then think about what hobby you would like to be doing and the mental image of gardening should appear helping you to remember the conjugation and the trick to use an easier to memorize semi-auxiliary as the first verb so that your second verb does not require conjugation.
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