Meaning
Today's Sentences
- I wish I were richer.
- I wish I were thinner.
- I wish I were younger.
- I wish I were on a beach.
- I wish I were running outside.
- Writer's Note
01
I wish I were richer.
Situation 1
Here’s your mail.
यह रहा आपका mail।
More bills.
What else is new?
और क्या नया है?
Are you in a mood?
What’s going on?
क्या चल रहा है?
I wish I were richer.
I’m so sick of paying bills.
बिल्स का भुगतान करते-करते मैं बहुत थक गया हूँ।
Situation 2
I wish I were richer.
Don’t we all.
But I mean like super rich.
So rich that all you can do is spend.
इतने अमीर कि आप बस खर्च ही कर सकते हैं।
Would that really make you happier?
02
I wish I were thinner.
Situation 1
I wish I were thinner.
You look perfectly beautiful to me.
Is it about what others think?
क्या यह दूसरों की सोच के बारे में है?
Yes and no.
I wanna feel good about myself.
मैं अपने बारे में अच्छा महसूस करना चाहता हूँ।
Maybe focus on your inner self and why you feel like you need to be thinner.
Situation 2
Look at these models.
I recognize some of them.
I wish I were thinner.
These models can wear whatever they want.
ये मॉडल्स जो चाहें वो पहन सकते हैं।
I think you look perfectly beautiful the way you are.
Isn’t that more important?
क्या यह अधिक महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है?
03
I wish I were younger.
Situation 1
I'm starting to look middle aged.
No, you don’t.
You look very young for your age.
आप अपनी उम्र के हिसाब से बहुत युवा दिखते हैं।
I wish I were younger.
Well, how about wishing you could age gracefully instead of wishing for something that is impossible.
Situation 2
Should I go see a dermatologist?
Why?
Well, I wish I were younger.
I wish I looked younger too.
काश मैं दिखने में भी थोड़ा और युवा होता।
I support you in any decision you make.
Even if that means going under the knife to look younger.
भले ही इसका मतलब युवा दिखने के लिए "going under the knife" हो।
04
I wish I were on a beach.
Situation 1
I wish I were on a beach.
That sounds amazing.
Laying on the sand around sunset with a drink in one hand and a book in the other.
I’m looking at tickets, as we speak.
Situation 2
You’ve been so stressed these past few months.
Do you need to get away?
क्या आपको कहीं दूर जाने की ज़रूरत है?
I wish I were on a beach.
Tell you what.
I’ll send you to the beach, just choose if you’d rather go alone or together.
मैं आपको समुद्र तट पर भेजूंगा, बस यह चुनें कि आप अकेले जाना पसंद करेंगे या साथ में।
Together, of course!
05
I wish I were running outside.
Situation 1
Damn this weather.
I know.
It’s just too hot to go anywhere or do anything.
कहीं भी जाने या कुछ भी करने के लिए यह बहुत ज्यादा गर्म है।
I wish I were running outside.
Let’s go for a run as soon as this heatwave dies.
Situation 2
I wish I were running outside.
You can run all you want when you get better.
This cast is so itchy.
Hopefully, you’ll recover fully from your broken leg.
Writer's Note
What is the difference between "were" and "was"?
"Were" and "was" are both past tense versions of the verb to be. But "were" is usually used in relation to second person singular and plural pronouns such as "you", "your", "yours". And a handful of times it could be used with first and third person plural pronouns such as "we", "they".
We use "was", on the other hand, when we’re using the first person singular pronoun or when using the third person singular such as "he" or "she".
For example, you wouldn’t say, "You was going to the gym". You would say, "You were going to the gym".
But you would say, "I was going to the gym" rather than "I were going to the gym."
In a nutshell, I wish I were = grammatically correct