Phrase · 🫂 Difficult conversations
Ojalá tuviera mejores noticias para ti.
I wish I had better news for you.
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Why every word is where it is
Ojalá1interjectionI wishtuviera1verbI hadtener · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.mejores2adjectivebettermejor · pl.noticias2nounnewsnoticia · fem. · pl.paraprepositionforti3pronounyoutú · 2nd sing..
- Ojalá → tuviera: ojalá + imperfect subjunctive: unreal wish
- mejores → noticias: mejores agrees with noticias (pl.)
- para → ti: para + ti
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Ojalá + imperfect subjunctive = I wish (but it isn't so): the unreal wish softens the bad news. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2noticias: news in general is plural; one item is una noticia. Mejores agrees. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →
- 3After a preposition: ti, with no accent.
Variations
- Ojalá pudiera darte mejores noticias.
- Me gustaría tener mejores noticias para ti.
- Quisiera tener mejores noticias para usted.