jugar Conditional Conjugation
jugar — to play
The conditional of jugar is regular: just add -ía endings to the infinitive 'jugar'.
jugar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to say you 'would play' if you had time, or to make polite offers to join a game.
Notes on jugar in the Conditional
Jugar is fully regular in the conditional tense. No stem changes occur.
Example Sentences
Yo jugaría si no tuviera que trabajar.
I would play if I didn't have to work.
yo
¿Jugarías conmigo si te lo pidiera?
Would you play with me if I asked you?
tú
Nosotros jugaríamos más si hiciera buen tiempo.
We would play more if the weather were good.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Applying a stem change: 'juegaría'.
Correct: jugaría
Why: Like the future tense, the conditional uses the infinitive 'jugar' as the stem without changes.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: juego
Jugar is a stem-changer where the 'u' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: jugué
The preterite of jugar is mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to jugué to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: jugaba
The imperfect of jugar is regular: jugaba, jugabas, jugaba, jugábamos, jugabais, jugaban.
Future
yo: jugaré
The future tense of jugar is completely regular: just add the endings to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: juegue
The present subjunctive of jugar combines the 'ue' stem change with a 'gu' spelling change.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: jugara
The imperfect subjunctive of jugar is based on the preterite 'ellos' form: jugara, jugaras...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: juega
The imperative of jugar uses the 'ue' stem change for most commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no juegues
The negative imperative of jugar uses the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.