Practice the conjugation of vouloir in conditional tense
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| Do you know how to say what you want in French? |
| Welcome to Three Step French Practice by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice the conjugation of vouloir in conditional tense. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Quel genre de peinture est-ce que tu voudrais ? |
| "What kind of painting would you like?" |
| Je voudrais une peinture originale. |
| "I would like an original painting." |
| Je voudrais |
| voudrais |
| Voudrais is the conjugated form of the French verb vouloir, which means "to want." |
| Voudrais means "I would like," and it's the polite way to ask for something. |
| Let's go over how to conjugate vouloir in the conditional tense. |
| In the first person singular, you say je voudrais, which means I would like. |
| Then, in the second person singular, it's tu voudrais, meaning you would like. |
| For the third person singular, you use il voudrait or elle voudrait, for he or she would like. |
| Moving on to the first person plural, it becomes nous voudrions, meaning we would like. |
| In the second person plural, or when speaking formally to one person, you'd say vous voudriez, meaning you would like. |
| Finally, in the third person plural, it's ils voudraient or elles voudraient, which means they would like. |
| Let's practice using these forms in sentences during this lesson. |
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