hablar means: to speak, to talk, to discuss, to converse, to call
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In this conjugation lesson we will learn how to inflect the verb hablar in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the hablar verb conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Condicional. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you can get additional information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Condicional to English

Notice that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

Step by step instructions

Condicional belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words.The verb hablar has regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb just follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any exceptions. The basis for this conjugation is the infinitive of this verb, so it’s really simple to create, and only a few exceptions exist.Use the infinitive hablar in each person. Next, add to the infinitive the endings specific to each person. In this tense we use the exact same endings in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note both the shapes and colors of the letters. It will help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -ía for the first person singular to create hablaría:

• yo hablaría – I would speak

Similarly add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create hablarías:

• tú hablarías – you would speak

And one more time add the regular ending -ía for the third person singular to create hablaría:

• él hablaría – he would speak
• ella hablaría – she would speak
• usted hablaría – (formal) you would speak

Like previously add the regular ending -íamos for the first person plural to create hablaríamos:

• nosotros hablaríamos – we would speak
• nosotras hablaríamos – (feminine) we would speak

Once more add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create hablaríais:

• vosotros hablaríais – (plural) you would speak
• vosotras hablaríais – (feminine, plural) you would speak

And similarly add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create hablarían:

• ellos hablarían – they would speak
• ellas hablarían – (feminine) they would speak
• ustedes hablarían – (formal, plural) you would speak

This is it! The conjugation is now complete. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	hablaría	I would speak
tú	hablarías	you would speak
él/ella/usted	hablaría	he/she/it would speak
nosotros/nosotras	hablaríamos	we would speak
vosotros/vosotras	hablaríais	you would speak
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hablarían	they would speak

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But do not end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your skills try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresentePretéritoImperfectoFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to hablar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for hablar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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