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10-B) Wish (The Secret Handshake)
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The verb WISH is followed by the past tense. Listen to this song and then read the explanations.
I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller,
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
and a six four Impala
baller = successful basketballer (or also a man who suddenly became rich and nobody knows why) 64 Impala = a luxurious car by Chevrolet
Don't worry about the rest of the lyrics, they are very colloquial English, very difficult to understand.
Traducción del estribillo:
Ojalá fuera un poquito más alto,
Ojalá fuera rico,
Ojalá tuviera una chica que estuviera estupenda,
La llamaría por teléfono.
Ojalá tuviera un conejo dentro de un sombrero con un murciélago
y un cochazo Impala 64.
(a baller = uno que ha dado el pelotazo, que se ha hecho rico de repente sin que nadie sepa muy bien por qué)
El verbo WISH en inglés (= desear) va seguido del tiempo pasado. Escucha esta canción y luego lee las explicaciones.
- I wish it rained = yo deseo que llueva = ojalá llueva = ojalá lloviese
En español el WISH suele traducirse por "ojalá", y esta forma en español también puede ir seguida del pasado de sujuntivo.
- Ojalá estuvieses aquí = I wish you were here
1- Hope & Wish: lesson
Report mistakesThe verb WISH is followed by the past tense.
- I wish you were here
present situation 
I wish I was rich (but I am not)
I wish it rained (but it doesn't)
He wishes he could go there (but he can't go)
I wish I had a bigger house (but I haven't)
past situation
I wish I had been there (but I wasn't)
He wishes he could have gone (but he didn't)
future situation (but would is the past form of will)
I wish it would rained (but will it rain?)
I wish I would be able to go (but will I be able to go?)
I wish he would come (but will he come?)
TO BE
Just the same as it happened with the conditional sentences type 2, the verb to be here is different:
past I was, you were, he was, we were
past after wish I were, you were, he were, we were
- I wish you were here
- I wish I were there
But in modern English we can also use the normal past forms and say I wish I was there
