roer Conditional Conjugation
roer — to gnaw
The conditional of roer is regular: roería, roerías, roería, roeríamos, roeríais, roerían.
roer Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this to describe what would happen to a surface or object under certain conditions, or to be polite about someone 'nibbling' on food.
Notes on roer in the Conditional
Roer is regular in the conditional. The endings are added directly to the infinitive 'roer-'.
Example Sentences
El conejo roería la zanahoria si tuviera hambre.
The rabbit would gnaw the carrot if it were hungry.
él/ella/usted
Yo no roería ese hueso, parece muy duro.
I wouldn't gnaw that bone; it looks very hard.
yo
¿Roerían ustedes la corteza del árbol?
Would you all gnaw the bark of the tree?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing the conditional 'roería' with the imperfect 'roía'.
Correct: The conditional includes the 'er' of the infinitive: roería.
Why: The imperfect removes the 'er' before adding endings, while the conditional keeps it.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: roigo
The present tense of roer is irregular in the 'yo' form (roigo), but otherwise follows regular -er patterns.
Preterite
yo: roí
The preterite of roer features spelling changes where 'i' becomes 'y' in the third person (royó, royeron).
Imperfect
yo: roía
The imperfect of roer is completely regular: roía, roías, roía, roíamos, roíais, roían.
Future
yo: roeré
The future tense of roer is regular: roeré, roerás, roerá, roeremos, roeréis, roerán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: roiga
The present subjunctive of roer follows the 'roig-' stem: roiga, roigas, roiga, roigamos, roigáis, roigan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: royera
The imperfect subjunctive of roer uses the 'roy-' stem: royera, royeras, royera, royéramos, royerais, royeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: roe
The imperative of roer uses 'roe' (tú) and the irregular 'roiga' (usted/ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no roigas
The negative imperative of roer always uses the 'roig-' stem: no roigas, no roiga, no roigamos, no roigáis, no roigan.