Phrase · 🌠 Wishes & hopes

Quem me dera!

I wish! / If only!

B1wishing for something unlikelylearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Quem1pronounwhomeobject pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectdera2verbwould givedar · pluperfect · 3rd sing.!

Word for word: “Who me would-give!”

The notes match the numbers above.

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.