"I wish" は日本語でどう言いますか。


"I wish I could be there" , "I wish I were there" , "I wish I could do that",
etc. in Japanese is "______れば/けべ/ければ/いべ_____たいと思っています" ？ Does it follow this
pattern? And is there any other ways to relay the feeling of "I wish_____" in
Japanese?




There are a few ways to express this, with the _____なら/なければいいのに form being
frequently used colloquially. 行かなければよかったのに... もっと背が高かったらいいのに.. etc. This form
shows regret for not doing/being something.

This question has been asked before. See
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/35712/expressing-a-
regretful-wish),
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/53640/how-do-you-say-if-
only-things-were-different), or
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/18107/i-wish-i-hadnt-gone-
there) for previous answers.

