Breakdown of Habría un seminario interesante; sin embargo, nadie podría asistir.
un
a, an (masculine)
interesante
interesting
haber
to be (there is / there are)
poder
to be able to / can
nadie
no one
asistir
to attend
sin embargo
however
el seminario
the seminar
Questions & Answers about Habría un seminario interesante; sin embargo, nadie podría asistir.
Why is the word for "there would be" habría instead of habería?
Habría comes from the verb haber (to have / to exist). In the conditional tense, haber has an irregular stem: you drop the e from the infinitive to get habr-, and then add the regular conditional ending -ía. Just like hay is the special form for "there is", habría is the form used for "there would be".
How does poder change to become podría?
Just like haber, the verb poder (to be able to) has an irregular stem in the conditional tense. You drop the e from the infinitive ending to get the stem podr-, then add the ending -ía to mean "would be able to" or "could".
Doesn't asistir mean "to assist"?
It looks exactly like it, but asistir is a classic false friend! It actually means "to attend" (like attending a seminar, a meeting, or a class). If you want to say "to assist" or "to help", you would use the verb ayudar.
If nadie means "no one", why isn't there a no before the verb?
Spanish requires double negatives when the negative word comes after the verb (which would look like no podría asistir nadie). But when a negative word like nadie comes right before the verb, as it does in this sentence, you drop the no.
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