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## UNIT TWENTY-THREE The present conditional 

## Use of the present conditional 

1 The present conditional expresses an action which depends on a condition, as in this English example: ‘If I could , I would go  at once.’ In this example, the condition is expressed with ‘if’ (i.e. ‘on condition that’). The present con- ditional is often used even when the condition is not actually mentioned, as in: ‘I’m sure she would love  a night out.’ Basically, the use of the Italian present conditional is similar to the English: 

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The present conditional in Italian can express wishes or intentions, opinions or advice, requests in polite form, doubts and conjectures: 

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## The forms of the present conditional 

2 The present conditional is formed in the same way as the future, but with di ff erent endings: 

