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.
More bills.
What else is new?
Có gì mới đâu?
Are you in a mood?
What’s going on?
Chuyện gì đang xảy ra vậy?
I wish I were richer.
I’m so sick of paying bills.
Tôi phát chán vì phải trả các hóa đơn.
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.
Giàu đến mức tất cả những gì bạn có thể làm là tiêu xài.
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?
Điều này có phải là về những gì người khác nghĩ không?
Yes and no.
I wanna feel good about myself.
Tôi muốn cảm thấy tốt về bản thân mình.
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.
Những người mẫu này có thể mặc bất cứ thứ gì họ muốn.
I think you look perfectly beautiful the way you are.
Isn’t that more important?
Chẳng phải điều đó quan trọng hơn sao?
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.
Bạn trông rất trẻ so với tuổi của mình.
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.
Tôi cũng ước mình trông trẻ hơn.
I support you in any decision you make.
Even if that means going under the knife to look younger.
Ngay cả khi điều đó có nghĩa là phẫu thuật để trông trẻ hơn.
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?
Bạn có cần nghỉ ngơi không?
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.
Tôi sẽ đưa bạn đến bãi biển, chỉ cần chọn xem bạn muốn đi một mình hay cùng nhau.
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.
Trời nóng quá không thể đi đâu hay làm gì được.
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