Breakdown of El estudiante podría inscribirse en la facultad y haría la tesis en el laboratorio.
el estudiante
the student
y
and
en
in / on / at
hacer
to do / to make
poder
to be able to / can
la tesis
the thesis
la facultad
the faculty
el laboratorio
the laboratory
inscribirse
to enroll
Questions & Answers about El estudiante podría inscribirse en la facultad y haría la tesis en el laboratorio.
Why is it podría instead of podería?
The verb poder has an irregular stem in the conditional tense. Instead of using the full infinitive, you drop the e to get the stem podr-, and then add the conditional ending -ía for the he/she/it form. This gives us podría, which translates to could or would be able to.
How is the conditional formed for haría?
haría comes from the verb hacer (to do or to make). hacer has a highly irregular conditional stem: har-. We add the regular conditional ending -ía to match El estudiante, giving us haría (would do).
Why do we use the reflexive inscribirse instead of just inscribir?
In Spanish, when you enroll or register yourself in a program, you use the reflexive form inscribirse. If you just used inscribir, it would imply you are enrolling someone else, like a parent enrolling a child.
Does facultad refer to the teachers, like it often does in English?
No, this is a common false friend. In Spanish, la facultad refers to a specific school or department within a university, such as a science or law department. To talk about the teaching staff, you would use el profesorado or los profesores.
Why does tesis end in an s if it is singular here?
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