Conjugate avoir in le Conditionnel Présent (conditional mood)

Hi Johanna - I'm not quite following what you mean. Could you expand and provide a little more context? Thanks.

I had answered the first of the two quiz questions and tapped Next. Nothing happened. I tried again. Nothing. By the time i tried it a third time, it bypassed the second question and treated it as i submitted the quiz with only one question answered. 

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Hi Steven ,

In English, 'could' can be used as a past tense as well as a conditional so can also mean 'was able to'. Look at the following examples:

I could hear Robert play the flute in the next room.

Mozart could play the piano blindfolded.

I could leave work early today as I had a doctor's appointment.

In all these cases 'could' can be replaced 'was able' or 'was allowed' in the last sentence.

This is the case in the example you mention - 

I would have a big house if I was able to afford it.

Hope this helps!

 

Hi steven,

French follows its own rules, and translating from English 1:1 won't always land you on the mark.

The rule for "If"-sentence can be summarized like this:

Case 1: expressing a possibility in the present
Si clause: present tense; main clause: present tense or future tense
Si tu veux tu peux le faire. -- If you want, you can do it.
Si j'ai de l'argent, je acheterai une voiture. -- If I have money I will by a car.

Case 2: expressing an unlikely possibility in the presen
Si clause: imparfait; main clause: conditionnel présent
Si j'avais de l'argent, j'acheterais une voiture. -- If I had money, I would by a car.

Case 3: expressing a missed possibility in the past
Si clause: plus-que parfait; main clause: conditionnel passé
Si j'avais eu de l'argent, j'aurais acheté une voitre. -- If I had had money, I would have bought a car.

I hope that helps, -- Chris (not a native speaker).

Hi Cécile, 

That did help. Thank you! :) 

Chris,

That was a nice breakdown and it made a lot of sense. Thank you!

Bonsoir Helen,
This question continues to pop-up de temps en temps. While in English we say «he/she is lucky» using the French equivalent of «être»; however, if you want to say that someone is lucky, you must use the verb «avoir». This is one a several French idioms with the verb «avoir». So, here is the lesson about these idioms:
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/view/3130
In fact, here is another link on this site with several more French idioms:
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/glossary/117
In fact, in order to say that «they would be lucky» as in «they would be lucky playing the Lotto» one would state «ils auraient de la chance de jouer au Loto».

J'espère que ma réponse vous aidera.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français, la langue de Molière et qui a été utilisé par le monde depuis l’époque d’Hugues Capet

i believe so. « Avoir de la chance »= to be lucky. 

Bonjour Martin !

Could you please send me the sentence you're referring to?
I'd be happy to assist :)

À bientôt !

Merci Aurélie. The sentence is : "J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens." I understand the use of "en" where "de..." occurs before, but that doesn't appear to be the case here.
Cordialement - Martin

Bonjour Martin !

Here it's because the full expression would be "avoir les moyens de [faire quelque chose]" = to have the means to [do something].

I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !

Bonjour Doraida,

If you didn't use en, the sentence would be something like "J'aurais une grande maison si j'avais les moyens d'avoir une grande maison."

En replaces de and everything after it. Here's a lesson you might find useful: https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/view/713

Bonjour Sarah,

It depends on the adjective. Please take a look at this lesson and the other lessons linked on the bottom:

https://www.french-test.com/my-languages/french/view/118