saurais vs saurai

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The student is referred to the future tense of savoir when the conditionnel is employed by the speaker.

Asked 4 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Carl,

I don't what you mean about the future tense as these are two people debating whether they like Star Wars or Star Trek best.

The actual sentence with 'saurais' is -

Je ne saurais pas par où commencer = I wouldn't know where to start

and the conditional is correct.

Bonne Continuation!

Like14 years ago

AurélieNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Merci beaucoup à tous les deux !
Thanks to you, the lesson link has now been updated :)

Bonne journée !

Like03 years ago

Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Carl is saying that the grammar lesson that has been linked to this sentence is about how to conjugate savoir in the future, not the conditional.

Like03 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Thanks Tom, I have flagged this up.

Like03 years ago

The student is referred to the future tense of savoir when the conditionnel is employed by the speaker.

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