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Grammar explanation. We use wish and if only to talk about things that we would like to be different in either the present or the past. If only is usually a bit stronger than wish. In the present. 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.
I wish e if only son los elementos que te ayudan a expresar deseos en inglés, además de arrepentimientos. Gracias a su naturaleza, son muy comunes en las conversaciones del día a día, por eso aquí encontrarás sus estructuras para formar frases, cuándo usar cada uno y ejemplos útiles.
I wish I would… If only. We can use if only instead of I wish with a very similar meaning. The only difference is that if only is more emphatic. If only I was / were a bit taller!* If only you had followed my advice. If only you would make a bit of an effort. You are wasting your life! Note that we can use were instead of was with I/he/she ...
Expressing A Wish Or A Regret. There are three distinct types of I wish / if only sentences: Wish, wanting change for the present or future with the simple past. Regret with the past perfect. Complaints with would + verb.
Expressions using "wish" and "if only" are examples of the subjunctive mood, which is used to express unlikely or impossible desires (or recommendations, without "wish" / "if only"). In the subjunctive mood, we only use "were" (not "was"): with past simple of "be": "I wish he were on holiday." "If only he were on holiday."
Sentences with wish and if only follow the same grammar rules as if-clauses in the second and third conditional. Use wish/if only + simple past / past progressive to imagine a present situation as different to how it really is.
WISH e IF ONLY suelen ser equivalentes a “ojalá” en español y son, casi siempre, intercambiables. Wish + Past Simple. Esta estructura la utilizamos para expresar que lamentamos algo, o que las cosas no sean de otra manera. I wish I didn’t have to work. (Ojalá no hubiera que trabajar.)
