caer Conditional Conjugation
caer — to fall
The conditional of caer is regular: caería, caerías, caería, caeríamos, caeríais, caerían.
caer Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say you 'would fall' under certain circumstances or to express future-in-the-past.
Notes on caer in the Conditional
Like the future, the conditional uses the full infinitive 'caer' as its stem.
Example Sentences
Me caería si no tuviera zapatos nuevos.
I would fall if I didn't have new shoes.
yo
¿Te caerías si saltaras?
Would you fall if you jumped?
tú
Pensé que las llaves caerían al suelo.
I thought the keys would fall to the ground.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a 'g' like 'caiguería'.
Correct: caería
Why: The 'g' from 'caigo' only appears in the present tense, not the conditional.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: caigo
Caer is irregular only in the 'yo' form (caigo), while the rest follow normal -er patterns.
Preterite
yo: caí
Caer is irregular in the preterite, featuring a 'y' in the third-person forms (cayó, cayeron) and accents on all other endings.
Imperfect
yo: caía
Caer is regular in the imperfect: caía, caías, caía, caíamos, caíais, caían.
Future
yo: caeré
Caer is regular in the future tense: caeré, caerás, caerá, caeremos, caeréis, caerán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: caiga
The present subjunctive of caer is based on the irregular 'yo' form: caiga, caigas, caiga, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cayera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'y' from the preterite: cayera, cayeras, cayera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cae
The imperative uses 'cae' for tú and 'caiga' for formal/plural commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no caigas
The negative imperative of caer always uses the present subjunctive forms.