Correct answers to "we would like a room with a double bed:"
donc nous voulons une chambre avec un lit double,
or
donc nous voulons une chambre avec un lit (à) deux places,
I wrote nous voudrions... Why is the conditional incorrect in this case and not in je voudrais?
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Bonjour Saul, and sorry for the delay !
nous voudrions is a perfectly good answer. The reason we chose not to include it is because it's a more advanced lesson (i.e. Le Conditionnel), whereas we do teach simply the je voudrais form at A0-A1.
We had included a hint - Use "vouloir" in Le Présent - to avoid any ambiguity there :)
Merci et à bientôt !