Italian Verb Tenses

The Conditional Tense

The conditional tense for "are" verbs is formed by changing the "are" ending to "er", and then adding the appropriate ending.

Group 1: -are Verbs

	singular	plural
1st-person	ei	emmo
2nd-person	esti	este
3rd-person	ebbe	ebbero

Examples:

io parlerei, tu parleresti, lui parlerebbe, noi parleremmo, voi parlereste, loro parlerebbero

The conditional tense for "ere" and "ire" verbs is formed by dropping the final "e" from the ending of the infinitive and then adding the appropriate ending from below. These are the same endings used for the "are" verbs.

Group 2: -ere/-ire Verbs

	singular	plural
1st-person	ei	emmo
2nd-person	esti	este
3rd-person	ebbe	ebbero

Examples:

io crederei, tu crederesti, lui crederebbe, noi crederemmo, voi credereste, loro crederebbero