Breakdown of Con el premio, nosotros compraríamos una mansión y viviríamos en el lujo.
y
and
comprar
to buy
una
a, an (feminine)
vivir
to live / to be constantly (doing something)
en
in / on / at
nosotros
we
con
with
el premio
the prize
la mansión
the mansion
el lujo
the luxury
Questions & Answers about Con el premio, nosotros compraríamos una mansión y viviríamos en el lujo.
How are compraríamos and viviríamos formed in this sentence?
To form the conditional tense for regular verbs, you leave the infinitive completely intact (comprar or vivir) and simply attach the conditional ending to the end of it. For nosotros, that ending is -íamos. The best part about the conditional tense is that -ar, -er, and -ir verbs all share the exact same set of endings!
Why do both compraríamos and viviríamos have an accent mark on the í?
In the conditional tense, every single ending starts with an í (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -ían), and every single one of those requires a written accent mark. This breaks the natural stress rules of Spanish and ensures you emphasize the í when pronouncing the word.
Why does the sentence say en el lujo instead of just en lujo for 'in luxury'?
In Spanish, you generally need to use a definite article (el, la, los, or las) before abstract nouns, general concepts, or categories. So, while English leaves the article out and just says 'in luxury', Spanish requires you to say en el lujo.
Since the verbs end in -íamos, do we really need the word nosotros?
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