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Italian present conditional: vorrei, potresti, sarebbe
The present conditional for wishes, polite requests and advice: vorrei, potresti, sarebbe...
In Italian: Condizionale presente
The conditional borrows the future's stem and adds its own endings — -ei, -esti, -ebbe, -emmo, -este, -ebbero: parlerei, scriverei, dormirei, and the same contracted stems, sarei, avrei, farei, vorrei.
It is the polite register. Vorrei un caffè is what you say in a bar; voglio un caffè sounds like a demand.
It also gives advice — dovresti riposare — and reports news that is not confirmed: secondo il giornale, sarebbe arrivato ieri.
___ un cappuccino e un cornetto, per favore. (io, volere)
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