hervir Conditional Conjugation
hervir — to boil
The conditional uses the full infinitive 'hervir' plus the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, etc.
hervir Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say something 'would boil' under certain conditions or to be polite.
Notes on hervir in the Conditional
Hervir is regular in the conditional tense.
Example Sentences
Yo herviría el agua si tuviera una olla.
I would boil the water if I had a pot.
yo
¿Hervirías tú la leche para el café?
Would you boil the milk for the coffee?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: hierviría
Correct: herviría
Why: Stem changes from the present do not apply to the conditional.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: hiervo
Hervir is an e > ie stem-changer in the present (hiervo, hierves, hierve, hierven), except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: herví
Hervir has a 'slipper' stem change (e > i) only in the third-person forms: hirvió and hirvieron.
Imperfect
yo: hervía
Hervir is completely regular in the imperfect: hervía, hervías, hervía, hervíamos, hervíais, hervían.
Future
yo: herviré
Hervir is regular in the future; just add the endings to the infinitive: herviré, hervirás, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: hierva
Hervir changes e > ie in most forms, but importantly shifts e > i in the nosotros and vosotros forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: hirviera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'hirvier-' stem for all forms (hirviera, hirvieras, etc.).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: hierve
Use 'hierve' for tú and 'hierva' for usted to give direct cooking instructions.
Negative Imperative
yo: no hiervas
All negative commands for hervir are identical to the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.