128/25, 11:47 AM Concitional Perfect in Spanish Grammar Conditional Perfect in Spanish Grammar What is the conditional perfect in Spanish? The conditional perfect (condicional compuesto), is a Spanish compound tense. It is used to express possibility in the past i.e. actions that could or would have taken place under different circumstances. Lear when to use the co 1 perfect in Spanish grammar and master the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs in this tense. Then test your knowledge in the exercises. In tense comparison, you will find an overview of all the tenses in Spanish grammar. Contents When to use the conditional perfect in Spanish How to conjugate the conditional perfect in Spanish How to form the Spanish participle Exercises — Conditional Perfect —{.Qué habria hecho usted en mi lugar? —Pues no lo sé, supongo que le habria prequntado su opinién sobre el matrimonio a ; 4 antes. Th —Si hubiera conocido su opinién, jamas le habria propuesto matrimonio, es cierto. When to use the conditional perfect in Spanish hntps:ifespancl.ingolia.comienigrammarenses/condiconal-compuesto u85, 1:47 AM Conditional Parfct in Spanish Grammar The conditional perfect expresses: = things that would have, could have or might have happened in the past, but didn't Examples: :Qué habria hecho usted en mi lugar? Supongo que le habria prequntado su opinién = the result of a hypothetical scenario in third conditional sentences (if-clauses) Example: Si hubiera conocido su opinién, jamés le habria propuesto matrimonio. = a reproach about something that could have been done, but wasn't: poder + infinitive (formal language) Example: Habria podido decir algo antes. éhabria podido...? vs. ,podria haber...? The use of the conditional perfect of poder followed by an infinitive is mainly restricted to formal language. This turn of phrase is often replaced by podria haber + participle. Example: Podria haber dicho algo antes. How to conjugate the conditional perfect in Spanish To conjugate verbs in the con ct, we use the condicional simple of the yerb haber + participle. Person haber iciple habria habrias —_hablado éliellalusted habria aprendido nosotros/-as habriamos vivido vosotros/-as habriais cllosellasiustedes —_habrian htps:ifespancl.ingoia.comfenigrammartensesicondiional-compuesto 26128/25, 11:47 AM Concitional Perfect in Spanish Grammar How to form the Spanish participle We form the Spanish participle by adding -ado or -ido to the root of the verb. = add -ado to the root of -ar verbs Example: hablar —> hablado = add ~ido to the root of -er and -ir verbs Example: aprender + aprendido vivir + vivido Note When the root of the verb ends in a yowel, the -/ of the ending -ido takes an accent: -ido. Examples: leer — leido ofr ofdo traer — traido Note: Participles that contain a dipthong (weak vowel + weak vowel) such as construido or huido do not take an accent. Check out our nguage page on accents to learn more about dipthongs. Irregular participles Certain verbs have an irregular participle form as shown in the table below: Verb Irregular Participle Regular Pa abrir abierto cubrir cubierto, decir dicho escribir escrito hacer hecho: freir* frito freido imprimir — impreso imprimido morir muerto hntps:ifespanc!ingolia.comienigrammartensesi/condiconal-compuesto ais728725, 1147 AM Conditional Perfect in Spanish Grammar rb Irregular Pa ular Participle poner puesto proveer™ —_provisto proveido romper roto satisfacer _satisfecho suseribir** suscrito/suscripto ver visto volver vuelto *Some verbs have two participle forms, one regular and one irregular. There is no difference in meaning and they can be used interchangeably. “The participle suscripto is used in certain countries in Latin America Derivative irregular verbs Many verbs are derivative; they are derived from irregular verbs by adding a prefix. Their participles are also irregular: Examples: encubrir + encubierto descubrir —> descubierto componer —+ compuesto Posponer — pospuesto proponer — propuesto revolver — revuelto resolver — resuelto devolver ~+ devuelto deshacer —> deshecho predecir — predicho prever — previsto Note: although derived from the romper, the participle of the y Example: corromper — corrompido not: eorrete htps:ifespancl.ingoia comient srmartensesicondcional-compuesto corromper is regular. 416