Purpose
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to make polite requests and discuss simple hypothetical situations.
Lesson Explanation
The conditional softens requests: Eu gostaria de saber, Você poderia ajudar?. For a basic hypothetical, use Se eu tivesse tempo, viajaria mais — imperfect subjunctive after se plus conditional in the result.
Practice Questions
1. Write “I would like to know.”
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Eu gostaria de saber.2. Ask “Could you help?”
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Você poderia ajudar?3. Why use the conditional in a request?
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To sound more polite.
4. Write “If I had time, I would travel more.”
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Se eu tivesse tempo, viajaria mais.5. Which form follows se in that example?
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Imperfect subjunctive.
6. Which form gives the result?
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Conditional.
7. What does gostaria mean?
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Would like.
8. What does poderia mean?
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Could/would be able to.
9. Write “I would buy it.”
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Eu compraria.10. Write “If it rained, I would stay home.”
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Se chovesse, eu ficaria em casa.11. What does tivesse mean?
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Had (hypothetically).
12. What does viajaria mean?
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Would travel.