Indirect Object Pronoun - Expressing Wishes
There are many ways to express wishes in Spanish. Three common phrases are shown in the following examples:
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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:
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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
