I know that in French (I'm not French, so please don't reply in it! ^^; ), there's a conditional form and was wondering what the equivalent is in Japanese for this. ie. Je voudrais …

I learned to play the flute. I am guessing I conjugate 'learned' and keep 'to play' in dictionary form so something like: まなばったあそぶ　- I learned to play blah blah. But I'm kinda ju …