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Ojalá supiera cocinar tan bien como tu mamá.

I wish I could cook as well as your mum.

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Why every word is where it is

Ojalá1interjectionI wish, if onlysupiera1verbI knew (how to)saber · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.cocinarverbcookinfinitivetan2adverbsobienadverbwellcomo2conjunctionastudetermineryour2nd sing.mamánounmumfem. · sing..

Ojalá → supiera: mood
supiera → cocinar: obj
tan → como: corr

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Ojalá supiera: saber has the stem sup- (supieron → supiera). Saber + infinitive = to know how to. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
2
tan bien como = as well as: a comparison of equality with an adverb. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →

Variations

Ojalá supiese cocinar tan bien como tu mamá.
Ojalá cocinara tan bien como tu mamá.