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Indirect Object Pronoun - Expressing Wishes

There are many ways to express wishes in Spanish. Three common phrases are shown in the following examples:

    Quisiera estar en algún país del mediterráneo.
    I wish I were in a Mediterranean country. / I would like to be in a...

    Ojalá fuera viernes.
    I wish it were Friday.

    Es tu cumpleaños, tienes que pedir un deseo.
    It's your birthday; you have to wish for something.

A very similar idea is "I would have liked to..." which can be expressed in Spanish in several different ways:

    Me hubiera gustado haber crecido en el campo.
    I would have liked to have grown up in the country.

    Me habr’a gustado vivir al lado del mar.
    I would have liked to live next to the sea.

    Me gustaría haber crecido en una familia culturalmente mixta.
    I would like to have grown up in a culturally mixed family.

The first example uses the following formula:
Indirect object pronoun + hubiera + gustado + haber + past participle

The second example uses this formula:
Indirect object pronoun + habría + gustado + verb in infinitive form

The third example uses the following formula:
Indirect object pronoun + gustaría + haber + past participle


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