Comparing French Tenses: Conditional VS Imperfect

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0:00 - 0:53 Intro
0:54 - 2:23 Imperfect tense in French
2:24 - 3:07 Conditional tense in French
3:08 - 10:17 Comparing imperfect and conditional
10:18 - 12:13 How to find the stem
12:14 - 12:42 Outro

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The easy way to explain is to say that for most verbs when putting them into conditional, you put them in infinitive form and add the endings. When the ending is re, you take away the e for the stem. In other words, the stem will almost always end in r.
Marcher in conditional is je marcherais.
There are only a few specific verbs that don't use their infinitive, my teacher gave me a worksheet such as pouvoir and more.

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