saurais vs saurai

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

saurais vs saurai

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!

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 !

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.

CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Thanks Tom, I have flagged this up.

Carl C. asked:

saurais vs saurai

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

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