How to construct the conditional

The conditional is fairly easy to construct, in that it is standardized for verbs of all endings.

Simply use the past-tense subject prefix for the subject marker, add in -andi- and then finish the word with the modified stem.

Past tense subject prefix + andi + modified verb stem

So, for example:

Nkola (I do) —> Nnandikoze (I would do)

Oyagala (you like) —> Wandiyagadde (you would like)

Alya (she eats) —> Yandilidde (she would eat)

Tutuuka (we arrive) —> Twandituuse (we would arrive)

Mutambala (you [plural] walk) —> Mwanditambudde (you would walk)

Bawa (they give) —> Bandiwadde (they would give)

Practice!

Practice using the conditional with this worksheet.