French/Grammar/Moods/Conditional

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[edit] Usage of the Conditional Mood

Use	Example	English
Events dependant on conditions	S'elle avait faim, elle mangerait.	If she were hungry, she would eat.
Polite use of vouloir	Je voudrais aller au musée.	I would like to go to the museum.

Concepts :	Present participle · Past participle · Gérondif · Infinitive · Past infinitive · Auxiliary verb · Perfect tenses
Indicative mood :	Simple tenses (Present · Imperfect · Past historic · Future) · Perfect tenses (Present perfect · Pluperfect · Past anterior · Future anterior) · Other tenses (Recent past · Near future)
Subjunctive mood :	Present · Imperfect · Past · Pluperfect
Imperative mood :	Present · Past
Conditional mood :	Present · Past · Second form of the past

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