Quote:
Originally Posted by bleitzow
Yo bailaría si no fuese tan torpe. I danced if I were not so clumsy
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From my understanding, the conditional translation above could also be, "I would dance if I were not so clumsy".
It seems "would" is a very common English word in the conditional, as is "was" and "used to" in the imperfect, and "will" in the future tense. I would describe the preterit in English as more "ed" verb endings such as "danced", as well as words such as "spoke" and "rode".
I'm sure I'm being too general with the characterizations, but I'm just trying to get the basic idea for now.