If I were you, I’d (=I would) get more rest
si j’étais toi, je me reposerais davantage
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This question is in the third conditional:
If + past + I would + infinitive
If I worked in a chocolate factory, I would hate eating chocolate.
Si je travaillais dans une chocolaterie, je détesterais manger du chocolat
What would you do if you won ten million Euros on the lottery?
Que feriez-vous si vous gagniez 10m € au loto?
This [...]
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Conditional 2:
En français on emploie le conditionnel:
je ferais
tu ferais
il ferait
Vous feriez
Nous ferions
etc
Et l’imparfait avec ’si’
Si j’étais toi, je demanderais son avis.
In English, the formula is:
If + past + would + infinitive
If I were you, I would ask her opinion.
Si j’étais président, je donnerais plus d’argent aux pauvres.
If I were president, I would give more money [...]
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Le conditionnel n’est pas ‘un temps’. En anglais, il n’y a pas de conjugaison pour les conditionnels, mais les verbs modaux, will et would
On dénombre les conditionnels selon la probabilité:
1: probable : s’il fait beau demain, elle ira à la plage
2: peu probable, hypothétique: Si j’étais vous, je ferais
3: le passé, un regret, trop tard [...]
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When I lived in London, I would do my shopping late at night
What do you understand from this sentence? You may have learned that “would” is used as a conditional, describing unlikely or hypothetical situations. That’s obviously not the case here, as there is no “if” and a past verb,”lived”.
“Would” can be the past of [...]
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