comenzar Conditional Conjugation
comenzar — to start
The conditional of comenzar is regular: comenzaría, comenzarías, comenzaría, comenzaríamos, comenzaríais, comenzarían.
comenzar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypothetical situations ('I would start if...') or to express future-in-the-past ('He said he would start').
Notes on comenzar in the Conditional
Comenzar is regular in the conditional. Like the future, you just add the endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Yo comenzaría ahora si tuviera tiempo.
I would start now if I had time.
yo
¿Comenzarías el viaje sin mí?
Would you start the trip without me?
tú
Dijeron que comenzarían pronto.
They said they would start soon.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the e>ie stem change (comienzaría).
Correct: comenzaría
Why: The conditional uses the full infinitive as the stem; no stem changes apply.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comienzo
Comenzar is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'ie': comienzo, comienzas, comienza, comenzamos, comenzáis, comienzan.
Preterite
yo: comencé
The preterite of comenzar has a spelling change in the first person: comencé, comenzaste, comenzó, comenzamos, comenzasteis, comenzaron.
Imperfect
yo: comenzaba
The imperfect of comenzar is regular: comenzaba, comenzabas, comenzaba, comenzábamos, comenzabais, comenzaban.
Future
yo: comenzaré
The future of comenzar is regular: comenzaré, comenzarás, comenzará, comenzaremos, comenzaréis, comenzarán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comience
The present subjunctive of comenzar follows the e>ie stem change and the z>c spelling change: comience, comiences, comience, comencemos, comencéis, comiencen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comenzara
The imperfect subjunctive of comenzar is regular based on the third-person preterite: comenzara, comenzaras, comenzara, comenzáramos, comenzarais, comenzaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comienza
The imperative of comenzar uses the stem change for informal commands: comienza (tú), comience (usted), comencemos (nosotros), comenzad (vosotros), comiencen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no comiences
The negative imperative of comenzar uses the present subjunctive forms: no comiences, no comience, no comencemos, no comencéis, no comiencen.