Terminerais

Terminerais is a French verb form. It is the conditional present of terminer, meaning to finish or to end. The form is used in everyday and literary French to express hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests. The ending -ais is shared in this mood by the first person singular je terminerais and the second person singular tu terminerais; without an explicit subject, the exact subject is inferred from context.

Formation: For regular -er verbs like terminer, the conditional present is formed by adding the imperfect endings -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient to the infinitive. Therefore, terminerais is the stem terminer- plus -ais. The spelling remains regular for all standard conjugations of terminer.

Usage: The conditional present expresses actions imagined or contingent on some condition, often following si-clause or used for politeness. Examples: Je terminerais ce travail si j'avais plus de temps. Si tu avais fini plus tôt, tu terminerais ce rapport. Terminerais-tu ce document ?

Etymology: The verb terminer comes from Latin terminare, from terminus meaning an end or boundary. The conditional form terminera… inherits the same root through the standard pattern for French verbs.