Wish in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo want an actual situation or event to be different, including wanting a completed past event to have happened differently; used to express an unreal alternative, rather than a hope for a possible future.

Definition in FrenchC'est vouloir qu'une situation ou un événement ait été différent, même dans le passé.

Example sentences

• J'aurais souhaité postuler à ce poste !🔊

  I wish I'd applied for that job.

• Maintenant, j'aurais souhaité vous parler avant !🔊

  Now I wish I had spoken to you first.

Learn it in a lesson

• Past hypotheticals and regrets in French

wish in other languages

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