How to Make Wishes in Japanese
or How to say , "If I could only verb" in Japanese.
Base IV + ba ii no ni
orA verb in its conditional state + ii no ni + ば いい の に
To wish (something), (I wish I could verb, despite it being cool)
Any form of the Japanese conditional will suffice. The use of nara is also acceptable. The Japanese conditional being either a verb in base IV as in iku -->? ik(e) (baseIV) + ba = ikeba or if (I) go or verb in base TA + RA, so that iku --> itta + ra or ittara
The verb iku 行く in base IV is 行け
- add the conditional extendor ば to the base so that 行け + ば = 行けば
ikeba ii no ni 行けば いい のに -
It would have been cool if I could have went, or I wish I could have gone.
literally this phrase means something more like Despite it being good, if I go.
In the same way you may say it this way, iku in base TA is itta
- add ra to form the conditional. So that
itta + ra = ittara
- than add ii no ni to complete the phrase that you wish would happen.
行った + ら = 行ったら
I have always Below are some examples to get you going. Make your own interesting sentences. Make questions out of them. Use them in Japan on real Japanese people to test them out and make sure they work. You never know what you might be able to say with your new grammar construction for making wishes in Japanese.
Examples
1. Yasukattara ii noni 安かったら いいのに
- I sure hope it is cheap, (lit. if it were cheap it would be good despite the fact that its probably not.)
2. Ittara ii noni or ikeba ii noni 行ったらいいのに or 行けば いい のに
- I wish I could go
3. Kirei dattara or kirei nara ii noni きれい だったら いいのに or きれいなら
- if she were cute that would be cool, or I hope she is pretty. lit. Despite it being good if (she) is pretty.
4. Shicchan ga ittara ii noni しっちゃん が いったら いい のに
- it would be cool if shi chan (a girl whose name starts with Shi)
5. Mite mireba ii noni. 見て 見れば
- I wish you would go check it out. or It would be cool if you could go look at it.
As always,
Ganbatte ne!
Do Your Best!
Makurasuki
