Final answer:
To conjugate the verbs in the conditional tense, we need to use the present conditional and past conditional forms. The given text has been rewritten accordingly, with examples provided for each verb.
Step-by-step explanation:
To rewrite the given text in the conditional tense, we need to conjugate the verbs in two forms: a. present conditional and b. past conditional. Let's take a look at the verbs in the original text and conjugate them accordingly:
a. présent (present)
- Ils s'arrêteraient. (They would stop.)
- Ils regarderaient la maison. (They would look at the house.)
- Elle serait toute noire. (It would be all black.)
- La masure, de son côté, semblerait les regarder. (The hovel, on its side, would seem to watch them.)
- Elle aurait, dans cette vaste obscurité muette, deux prunelles rouges. (It would have, in this vast silent darkness, two red pupils.)
- Ce seraient les fenêtres. (They would be the windows.)
- La lumière s'éclipserait, reparaîtrait, s'éclipserait encore. (The light would disappear, reappear, disappear again.)
- Ces intermittences sinistres tiendraient probablement un va-et-vient de l'enfer. (These sinister intermittences would probably hold a back-and-forth from hell.)
- Cela s'entrouvrirait, puis se refermerait. (That would open, then close.)
b. passé (past)
- Ils se seraient arrêtés. (They would have stopped.)
- Ils auraient regardé la maison. (They would have looked at the house.)
- Elle aurait été toute noire. (It would have been all black.)
- La masure, de son côté, aurait semblé les regarder. (The hovel, on its side, would have seemed to watch them.)
- Elle aurait eu, dans cette vaste obscurité muette, deux prunelles rouges. (It would have had, in this vast silent darkness, two red pupils.)
- Ce seraient les fenêtres. (They would have been the windows.)
- La lumière se serait éclipsée, serait réapparue, se serait éclipsée encore. (The light would have disappeared, reappeared, disappeared again.)
- Ces intermittences sinistres tiendraient probablement un va-et-vient de l'enfer. (These sinister intermittences would probably have held a back-and-forth from hell.)
- Cela se serait entrouvert, puis se serait refermé. (That would have opened, then closed.)
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