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The would tense
The conditional — in Brazilian grammar books, o futuro do pretérito — is Portuguese for would. It's one of the easiest tenses: take the whole infinitive and add -ia, -íamos, -iam.
| Pronoun | Falar | Comer | Abrir |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | falaria | comeria | abriria |
| você / ele / ela | falaria | comeria | abriria |
| nós | falaríamos | comeríamos | abriríamos |
| vocês / eles / elas | falariam | comeriam | abririam |
Only three verbs shorten the stem — the same three as in the future: dizer → diria, fazer → faria, trazer → traria. The rest are regular, even the big irregulars: ter → teria, ir → iria, and ser → seria, which you can try next.