Conjugation question- "would do"?

Question

What would you put in front of a verb to make it a "would do" sort of verb? What I mean is, what would you say to make "run" into "would run"?

I, to the shame of my english teacher, have never understood all the "present perfect" conjugation stuff

I know I've overloaded the servers will; all my recent questions ^_^

Y'all are great to answer them so quickly!!

K

Answer 1

What would you put in front of a verb to make it a "would do" sort of verb?

You wouldn't put anything in front of the verb. You would use the conditional tense

What I mean is, what would you say to make "run" into "would run"?

Yo correría Tu correrías él correría nosotros correríamos vosotros correríais ustedes correrían

:0 (my face of sudden understanding!!) - kiersten11, Nov 22, 2011

Answer 2

"Would" is one of the 11 Modals in English none of which exist in Spanish.

For that reason you have to find a way to create the same (similar) meaning in Spanish.

As explained by fatchocobo for "would" you modify the verb (run) that follows the English Modal - for all verbs you modify them as shown for "correr" above.

I have made some flashcards that show how this is done for all Modals.

the modal would flashcard set

You can find the other Modals in my flashcard "sets" - I am not a native speaker so they may not all be 100% correct.

"Awesome" (in the old sense of the word) flashcard set! Thanks so much, Ian!! - territurtle, Nov 26, 2011