Conditional: би, якби, щоб

The Ukrainian conditional is simple: past tense + би (after a vowel also б). It does not change for time, so it covers both 'would do' and 'would have done'.

• Polite wishes and requests: Я б хотів / хотіла каву (I would like a coffee), Ви б не могли допомогти? (Could you help?)
• Unreal conditions: якби + past, then би + past: Якби я мав час, я б поїхав у Карпати (If I had time, I would go to the Carpathians).
• щоб + past when someone wants another person to do something: Мама хоче, щоб я прийшов раніше (Mum wants me to come earlier).

The verb agrees in gender and number like any past form: він прийшов, вона прийшла, ми прийшли.