Breton/Level 5/Lesson 4

The Conditional Present Tense

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**Verb Bezañ (*To be*) - Conditional Present**
Conditional Present Personal form	Conditional Present Impersonal form	English meaning
e vefen	me a vefe	I would
e vefes	te a vefe	You would (sg.)
e vefe	eñ a vefe	He would
e vefe	hi a vefe	She would
e vefemp	ni a vefe	We would
e vefec'h	c'hwi a vefe	You would (pl.)
e vefent	int a vefe	They would

e vefed		Impersonal passive

**Regular Verb Skrivañ (*To write*) - Conditional Present**
Conditional Present Personal form	Conditional Present Impersonal form	With auxiliary Personal form	English meaning
ul levr a skrivfen	me a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafen ul levr	I would write a book
ul levr a skrivfes	te a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafes ul levr	You would write a book (sg.)
ul levr a skrivfe	eñ a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafe ul levr	He would write a book
ul levr a skrivfe	hi a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafe ul levr	She would write a book
ul levr a skrivfemp	ni a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafemp ul levr	We would write a book
ul levr a skrivfec'h	c'hwi a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafec'h ul levr	You would write a book (pl.)
ul levr a skrivfent	int a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a rafent ul levr	They would write a book

ul levr a skrivfed		skrivañ a rafed ul levr	Impersonal passive

The Past Conditional Tense

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**Verb Bezañ (*To be*) - Past Conditional**
Past Conditional Personal form	Past Conditional Impersonal form	English meaning
e vijen	me a vije	I would have been
e vijes	te a vije	You would have been (sg.)
e vije	eñ a vije	He would have been
e vije	hi a vije	She would have been
e vijemp	ni a vije	We would have been
e vijec'h	c'hwi a vije	You would have been (pl.)
e vijent	int a vije	They would have been

e vijed		Impersonal passive

**Regular Verb Skrivañ (*To write*) - Past Conditional**
Past Conditional Personal form	Past Conditional Impersonal form	With auxiliary Personal form	English meaning
ul levr a skrivjen	me a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a rajen ul levr	I would have writen a book
ul levr a skrivjes	te a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a rajes ul levr	You would have writen a book (sg.)
ul levr a skrivje	eñ a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a raje ul levr	He would have writen a book
ul levr a skrivje	hi a skrivfe ul levr	skrivañ a raje ul levr	She would have writen a book
ul levr a skrivjemp	ni a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a rajemp ul levr	We would have writen a book
ul levr a skrivjec'h	c'hwi a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a rajec'h ul levr	You would have writen a book (pl.)
ul levr a skrivjent	int a skrivje ul levr	skrivañ a rajent ul levr	They would have writen a book

ul levr a skrivjed		skrivañ a rajed ul levr	Impersonal passive

Exercises/Ober

Self training

Now , you have seen how its done.

Take the verbs from Level 2, Lesson 1 and write them down if you haven't already.

Now change them into their Present Conditional tense and Past Conditional tense.

Now underneath , make some sentences up , for each verb. EG. Me a zo er skol o teskiñ kembraeg (I learn Welsh in school).
Me a vefe er skol evid teskiñ kembraeg (I would learn Welsh in school).

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