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The conditionnel (the conditional in English) can be used in French as a tense or as a mood. As a tense, the conditionnel expresses the future seen from a past point of view. As a mood, it allows us to talk about a hypothetical or imagined reality that can only occur under certain circumstances.
The conditionnel présent uses the same stems as the futur simple with imparfait endings: je parlerais. It expresses hypothetical situations, polite requests (Je voudrais), advice (Tu devrais), and reported future from a past perspective. The conditionnel passé (j'aurais parlé) expresses past regret or hypotheticals about the past.
to make a polite request or ask for something nicely
to express a wish or a desire
to give advice or make a suggestion
to express a hypothesis or a condition: what would happen if... (with si clauses)
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