| Level | A2 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | wish |
| IPA | /wɪʃ / verb |
| Back | keşke dilekte bulunmak |
| Back 2 | wish (verb) /wɪʃ /
verb
1 [transitive]
[often used with a verb in the past tense]
wish (that)
to want sth that
cannot now happen or that probably will not happen
keşke
I wish I had listened more carefully.
I wish that I knew what was going to
happen.
I wish I was taller.
I wish I could help you.
Resmî
kullanımda ‘I’ ya da ‘he/she’ için was yerine were kullanıldığına
dikkat ediniz:
I wish I were rich.
She wishes she were in a different class.
2 [intransitive,
transitive] (formal) wish (to do sth)
to want to do sth
istemek, arzu
etmek
I wish to make a complaint about one of the
doctors.
3 [intransitive]
wish
for sth
to say to yourself
that you want sth that can only happen by good luck or chance
dilekte
bulunmak
She wished for her mother to get better.
4 [transitive]
to say that you hope
sb will have sth
dilemek
I rang him up to wish him a happy
birthday.
We wish you all the best for
your future career.
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