I wish / If only használata – Angol óhajtás – Bárcsak…
Hogy a két szó közül melyiket használod, az teljesen mindegy
Jelenbeli óhajtás: I wish + egyszerű múlt
- „be” az I wish után „were” alakban szokott állni ( a „was” ritkán fordul elő)
Bárcsak elmennél a boltba.
I wish you went to the shop.
Bárcsak itt lenne velem.
I wish she were here with me.
Múltbeli óhajtás: I wish + past perfect
Bárcsak elmentél volna a boltba.
I wish you had gone to the shop.
Negatív, idegesítő cselekvések esetén: I wish + would
- valami olyan dolog történik, ami nem tetszik, idegesít
Bárcsak ne hallgatnák a szomszédok hangosan a zenét.
I wish the neighbours wouldn’t listen to the music loud.
Bárcsak ne üvöltözne Joe a gyerekekkel.
I wish Joe wouldn’t shout at the children.
Feladatok
Egészítsd ki a mondatok a megfelelő igeidőkkel! (egyszerű múlt, past perfect, would)
1. I wish you … (stop) smoking. There is smoke all over the room.
2. I wish I … (speak) Italian.
3. I wish I … (study) harder at school when I was younger.
4. I wish it … (stop) raining. It has been raining for 3 days.
5. I don’t understand this point of grammar. I wish I … (understand) it better.
6. I should never have said that. I wish I … (not say) that.
7. I miss my family. I wish my family … (be) here right now.
8. I cannot sleep. The dog next door is barking all night. I wish it … (be) quiet.
9. This train is very slow. The earlier train was much faster. I wish I … (take) the earlier train.
10.This movie is terrible. I wish we … (choose) to see another one.
Megoldások
1. would stop
2. spoke
3. had studied
4. would stop
5. understood
6. hadn’t said
7. were
8. would be
9. had taken
10.had chosen
