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Unreal Situation – I wish…

Constructions with the verb WISH express hypothetical, unlikely, or unreal wishes. The Subjunctive Mood is used in the subordinate clauses after the verb WISH to express wishes about the situations that exist at the present time (I wish you were here) and about the situations that existed in the past (I wish you had done it).

The verbs COULD, WOULD are often used in subordinate clauses after the verb WISH: I wish I could fly. I wish it would stop raining. The verbs MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD are generally not used after the verb WISH in such constructions. The conjunction “that” introducing object clauses after the verb WISH is often omitted: I wish (that) I knew the answer. I wish (that) I had known about it before.

I wish he would come here tomorrow. We could eat lunch together.

I wish he were (was) here now. We could eat lunch together.

I wish he had come here yesterday. We could have eaten lunch together.

I wish I would have time. We could eat lunch together. I wish I had time. We could eat lunch together. I wish I had had time. We could have eaten lunch together

I wish him to come here tomorrow. We can eat lunch together. Compare to/with I wish he would come here tomorrow. We could eat lunch together.

کاشکی فردا تلفن می‌کرد. حقیقت رو می‌گفتم.
I wish she would call me tomorrow, I would tell her the truth.

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