BBC

The conditional tense - when to use it

The conditional of hay (there is/there are) is habría (there would be), eg en mi ciudad ideal habría una piscina (in my ideal town, there would be a swimming pool).
BBC

The conditional tense and when to use it

The conditional tense is used to describe what someone would do or what would happen in the future. It can also be used to express ambitions and intentions. For example: ...
The Irish Times

Would Key – Frank McNally on the mystery of the ‘Irish Conditional’

Food writer Russ Parsons, a regular contributor to this newspaper but still adjusting to Irish ways after moving here from California, was wondering on Twitter/X recently about one of our linguistic ...
The Irish Times

Conditional response

Sir, – Further to Frank McNally’s Irishman’s Diary (March 8th), the conditional perfect tense is indeed often used in Ireland as a mock genteelism to avoid coming across too aggressively. I remember ...