Learn Spanish (Latin America): Con ese profesor, ustedes tendrían un promedio excelente. - With that professor, you would have an excellent average.

Con ese profesor, ustedes tendrían un promedio excelente.

With that professor, you would have an excellent average.

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Questions & Answers about Con ese profesor, ustedes tendrían un promedio excelente.

Why is the verb tendrían instead of "tenerían"?

Tendrían is the conditional form of tener (to have). In the conditional tense, most verbs just add the ending to the full infinitive, but tener is one of the important irregulars. Its stem changes to tendr-, so "you (plural) would have" becomes ustedes tendrían.

What conditional ending is added to the stem for ustedes?

For ustedes (as well as ellos and ellas), the conditional ending is -ían. Notice that conditional endings are exactly the same as the ER/IR endings for the imperfect tense (the past tense used for ongoing actions in the past)! You just attach them to the infinitive or, in this case, the irregular stem tendr-.

Why do we use ese instead of eso for "that"?

Ese is the masculine singular word for "that" when it describes a specific noun (like profesor). Eso is a neuter pronoun, meaning it stands alone and is used to talk about an abstract idea, a general situation, or an unknown object (like in ¿Qué es eso? - What is that?).

Does promedio mean "average" in general, or specifically a grade point average?