Meaning
"I wish I were"는 영어에서 가정법 과거를 사용할 때 쓰이는 표현입니다. 이 표현은 현재의 사실과 반대되는 상황을 상상하거나 바람을 나타낼 때 활용됩니다. 예를 들어, "I wish I were taller"는 현재 키가 더 크지 않다는 사실에 대한 아쉬움 또는 바람을 표현합니다.
영어에서 "wish"는 '바라다, 희망하다'라는 뜻으로, 현실과 반대되는 상황을 가정할 때 주로 사용됩니다. 이때 "were"는 주어가 단수이더라도 그대로 사용됩니다. 이는 가정법에서 동사의 형태가 달라지는 규칙에 따른 것입니다.
이 표현은 주로 현재의 상황을 바꿀 수 없을 때 느끼는 아쉬움을 표현할 때 사용됩니다. 예를 들어, "I wish I were in Paris"라면, 현재 파리에 있지 않지만 거기에 있고 싶다는 바람을 나타냅니다.
"I wish I were" 표현을 사용하여 자신의 바람이나 아쉬움을 더욱 생생하게 표현해보세요. 이와 같은 표현은 일상 대화에서 감정이나 생각을 풍부하게 전달하는 데 매우 유용합니다.
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?
또 뭐가 새로울까요?
Are you in a mood?
What’s going on?
무슨 일 있어요?
I wish I were richer.
I’m so sick of paying bills.
계속해서 청구서를 지불하는 게 정말 지긋지긋해.
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.
너무 부유해서 할 수 있는 일이 돈을 쓰는 것뿐인 상태를 말하는 거지.
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?
다른 사람들이 어떻게 생각하는지가 중요한가요?
Yes and no.
I wanna feel good about myself.
저는 제 자신에 대해 긍정적인 기분을 느끼고 싶습니다.
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.
이 모델들은 원하는 것을 무엇이든 입을 수 있어.
I think you look perfectly beautiful the way you are.
Isn’t that more important?
그게 더 중요한 것 아닌가요?
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.
나이에 비해 아주 젊어 보여요.
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.
나도 더 젊어 보였으면 좋겠어.
I support you in any decision you make.
Even if that means going under the knife to look younger.
그것이 더 젊어 보이기 위해 수술을 받는 것이라 할지라도요.
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?
휴식이 필요하신가요?
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.
내가 너를 해변으로 보내줄게. 혼자 가고 싶은지 함께 가고 싶은지 선택해.
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.
어디 가거나 뭘 하기에는 너무 더워.
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
