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Old March 22, 2010, 08:06 AM
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Serían las cuatro cuando sucedió el accidente.
The accident must have happened at four.

¿Qué querría el señor que tocó a la puerta? Cuando abrí, se echó a correr.
I wonder what the man who knocked on the door? He ran away when I opened it .

¿Por qué Juan no me hablaría? ¿Estará enojado?
Why wouldn't Juan talk to me? I wonder if he's angry.

-- ¿Qué cantaría Gian Marco en el concierto? (I wonder what Gian Marco would have sung in the concert.)
-- Yo creo que cantaría canciones de su último disco. (I think he sang songs from his last album.)

A los niños les enseñarían mal a resolver estas ecuaciones. Es la única explicación que encuentro a que ninguno entienda lo que les explico ahora.
Children must have been taught bad to solve these equations. That's the only explanation I find to the fact that no one understands what I'm explaining now to them.



@Poli: Subjunctive doesn't fit all the cases when conditional is used.
"Tendría veinte años cuando te conocí" is something that did happen in the past, but I'm not sure about when exactly, so I make an approximation of the age I had back then.


Some cases with conditional-subjunctive:

Querría que me dijeras qué te molesta.
I'd like you to tell me what bothers you.

Disculpe, ¿podría decirle al mesero que me traiga la cuenta?
Excuse me, could you tell the waiter to bring me the check?

Mi mamá ha comprado tantos billetes de lotería que me gustaría que un día se la ganara.
My mother has bought that many lotto tickets, that I would like her to win some time.

Haría lo que fuera para que mis hijos se coman las verduras.
I would do anything so my children would eat the vegetables.
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Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; March 22, 2010 at 08:15 AM. Reason: Added an answer to Poli.
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