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Trouver (to find) - Conditional Tense

LESSON OBJECTIVES

The objective of this lesson is to learn how to conjugate Trouver (to find) in the conditional tense.

INTRODUCTION

• Trouver is a regular verb. It belongs to the 1st group.
• It is conjugated with the auxiliary avoir in the past tense.
• It can also be used in the pronominal form: se trouver (to find oneself...), in which case it is conjugated with the auxiliary être.

TROUVER (CONDITIONAL TENSE)

• je trouverais
• tu trouverais
• il trouverait
• elle trouverait
• on trouverait
• nous trouverions
• vous trouveriez
• ils trouveraient
• elles trouveraient

EXAMPLES

• Je trouverais cet examen très dur si je ne révisais pas.
  I would find this exam very hard if I was not revising.
• Si tu habitais à la campagne tu trouverais la vie plus saine.
  If you were living in the countryside, you would find life healthier.
• Si tu habitais à la campagne tu trouverais la vie mois stressante.
  If you were living in the countryside, you would find life less stressful.