Breakdown of Il n'y aurait pas de pauvreté dans notre société.
dans
in, inside
il y a
there is / there are
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
notre
our (singular and plural forms: notre, nos)
la société
the society
la pauvreté
the poverty
Questions & Answers about Il n'y aurait pas de pauvreté dans notre société.
How is the conditional formed in aurait?
aurait is the conditional form of avoir (to have). It is made by taking the irregular future stem of avoir, which is aur-, and adding the imparfait (imperfect) ending for il, which is -ait.
Where does il y aurait come from?
It is the conditional version of the common phrase il y a, which means "there is" or "there are". By putting the verb avoir into the conditional, it changes the meaning to "there would be".
Why does the negation go around both y and aurait?
Why is it pas de pauvreté instead of pas de la pauvreté?
Normally, you use the partitive article de la for feminine, uncountable things (like "some poverty"). However, after a negative expression like pas, de la changes to just de.
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