Phrase · 😔 Regrets and reproaches
Ojalá hubieras venido con nosotros; te habría encantado.
I wish you'd come with us; you would have loved it.
B2regretting reproachinginformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Ojalá1interjectionI wish, if onlyhubieras1verbyou hadhaber · subjunctive · imperfect · 2nd sing.venidoverbcomevenir · participle · past · masc. · sing.conprepositionwithnosotrospronounus1st pl.;te2object pronoun(to) youtú · 2nd sing. · indirect objecthabría2verbwould havehaber · conditional · 3rd sing.encantado2verbdelighted (you'd have loved it)encantar · participle · past · masc. · sing..
- Ojalá → hubieras: mood
- venido → con: prep
- encantado → te: iobj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Ojalá hubieras venido: a wish about a past event that didn't happen (you didn't come). Past unreal conditions: pluperfect subjunctive and conditional perfect →
- 2te habría encantado: encantar works like gustar; the event is the subject and te is the person. Gustar and similar verbs; también / tampoco →
Variations
- Ojalá hubieses venido con nosotros; te habría encantado.
- Ojalá hubieras venido con nosotros; te hubiera encantado.