conditional . ( Of the lat. )( conditionalis ). 1. adj. That includes and carries with it a condition or requirement. 2. m. Gram. While expressing future action in relation to the past that part. He promised that he would write . In some cases is platens for the imperfect past tense or the past pluperfect subjunctive, rather than compound forms in simple, except for the modal verbs. Should (godly) study. If you had come earlier, you would have (had) accompanied. The conditional, simple or composite, can be expressed, as well as the future, the probability, but referring to the past, and its time value equival and then to the preterite imperfect or past pluperfect indicative. John did not come today, you will be sick, would pay John did not come yesterday, you would be sick.