Phrase · 🌠 Wishes & hopes

Quem me dera!

I wish! / If only!

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Quem1pronomwhomepronom complémentmeeu · 1re pers. sing. · COIdera2verbewould givedar · plus-que-parfait · 3e pers. sing.!

Mot à mot : “Who me would-give!”

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Quem me dera! = "I wish!", for something nice but unlikely. Shorter: Quem dera!
2
dera is an old form of dar that survives in this fixed phrase. Learn it whole.