8.5 - The conditional

Once you are familiar with the past imperfective and perfective, the conditional is very easy to understand. As its name suggests, this form of the verb expresses what would happen if (on condition that) something else happened.

Look at the following Ukrainian sentences:

By adding the particle би (or б) to a sentence, we express the conditional (mood), i.e. the "would" form. "If" is expressed by якби (also якщо б, коли б).

To practise the conditional go to Exercise 8.5A and Exercise 8.5B.