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If only. Fórmula. Ejemplos. Afirmativo. If only + Sujeto + would/could + verbo + complemento. If only we could buy that car (Si tan solo pudiéramos comprar ese carro). Negativo. If only + Sujeto + would/could not + verbo + complemento. If only they wouldn’t speak so loud (Si solo ellos no hablaran tan fuerte). Interrogativo. NO EXISTE-
To talk about a wish for the future or to show a contrast between how things are and how we would like them to be, we use if only + would + infinitive without to: If only someone would buy the house. If only they would talk to each other. We use if only + past perfect to talk about a wish to change something that has already happened:
8 de sept. de 2015 · Por ejemplo: I wish I had gone to the party. / Desearía haber ido a la fiesta. I wish se traduce como “ojalá” o “desearía”. If only se traduce como “si (tan) solo”, “ojalá”. Ambas son expresiones de lamento o arrepentimiento. Ver además: Oraciones con « would «.
Mira ejemplos de If only en ingles. Descubre oraciones que usan If only en la vida real.
We can use wish/if only + a past form to talk about a present situation we would like to be different. I wish you didn't live so far away. If only we knew what to do. He wishes he could afford a holiday. In the past. We can use wish/if only + a past perfect form to talk about something we would like to change about the past.
Las expresiones con "wish" e "if only" son ejemplos del modo subjuntivo, que se usan para expresar deseos improbables o imposibles (o recomendaciones, sin "wish" / "if only"). En el modo subjuntivo, se usa "were" (no " was "): con el pasado simple de "be": "I wish he were on holiday." " If only he were on holiday." ( pero no " was here")
We can use "wish" and "if only" to express an unlikely or impossible desire or a regret: with the past simple to express an impossible desire in the present: "I wish I lived in the countryside." " If only I lived in the countryside." I don’t live in the countryside in the present so this desire is impossible.
