conditional · "would" · Hypothetical timeline · Level B
Would. Things that are not real yet: a polite request, an imagined situation, what you would do if. It sits off the main line because it is not a time; it is a way of looking across at one.
Examples
Me gustaría un café.
I would like a coffee.
Preferiría quedarme en casa.
I would prefer to stay home.
Careful
Me gustaría is the polite way to ask for anything. It is slot 7 but it is so common that Level A gets it as its own Engine.
On the site
Tap 7 on the When strip: quiero becomes querría, tengo que becomes tendría que. The sentence card shows a ring to say you are looking across, not sitting on the line.
Practice 7 in Build