someter Conditional Conjugation
someter — to subdue
The conditional of someter is regular: sometería, someterías, sometería, someteríamos, someteríais, someterían.
someter Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations ('would'), polite requests, or to express what would happen in the future from a past perspective. For 'someter', it means 'would subdue', 'would submit', or 'would subject'. For example, 'I would submit the report if I had the data'.
Notes on someter in the Conditional
Someter is regular in the conditional tense. The stem is the infinitive 'someter', and you add the standard conditional endings.
Example Sentences
Yo me sometería a la decisión del jurado.
I would submit to the jury's decision.
yo
Si tuviera tiempo, sometería mis ideas a tu consideración.
If I had time, I would submit my ideas for your consideration.
yo
¿Someteríais vuestras obras a concurso?
Would you submit your works to a competition?
vosotros
Ellos someterían el plan a votación si estuvieran de acuerdo.
They would submit the plan to a vote if they agreed.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect subjunctive instead of the conditional for hypothetical 'would' statements.
Correct: Use the conditional 'sometería' for 'would submit'. Use the imperfect subjunctive 'sometiera' in the 'if' clause ('Si yo sometiera...').
Why: The conditional expresses the result ('would do'), while the imperfect subjunctive often sets up the hypothetical condition ('if I were to').
Mistake: Confusing conditional endings with future endings.
Correct: Conditional endings are '-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían', while future endings are '-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án'.
Why: They sound similar but have different spellings and meanings.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: someto
The present tense of someter is regular: someto, sometes, somete, sometemos, sometéis, someten.
Preterite
yo: sometí
The preterite of someter is regular: sometí, sometiste, sometió, sometimos, sometisteis, sometieron.
Imperfect
yo: sometía
The imperfect of someter is regular: sometía, sometías, sometía, sometíamos, sometíais, sometían.
Future
yo: someteré
The future of someter is regular: someteré, someterás, someterá, someteremos, someteréis, someterán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: someta
The present subjunctive of someter includes forms like someta, sometas, someta, sometamos, sometáis, sometan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sometiera
The imperfect subjunctive of someter includes forms like sometiera, sometieras, sometiera, sometiéramos, sometierais, sometieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: somete
Somete, someta, sometamos, someted, sometan are the imperative forms of someter.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sometas
No sometas, no someta, no sometamos, no sometáis, no sometan are the negative imperative forms of someter.