Word
Ojalá tuviera el don de ser siempre valiente.
Meaning
If only I had the gift of always being brave.
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Breakdown of Ojalá tuviera el don de ser siempre valiente.
ser
to be
de
from / of
tener
to have
siempre
always
Questions & Answers about Ojalá tuviera el don de ser siempre valiente.
Why is tuviera in the past tense if the wish is about the present?
Even though you are wishing for something right now, Spanish uses the imperfect (past) subjunctive after ojalá to show that the wish is unreal or highly unlikely. We actually do the exact same thing in English! We say 'If only I had' (past tense) to mean 'I wish I had it right now but I don't.'
Can I say ojalá que tuviera instead of just ojalá tuviera?
Yes, you absolutely can. When expressing these unreal wishes with the imperfect subjunctive, you can use either ojalá or ojalá que. Both are common and mean the exact same thing.
How do we know who is wishing for the gift if tuviera can mean 'I had', 'he had', or 'she had'?
Why do we use the infinitive ser instead of a word for 'being'?