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Ojalá siempre llevaras las llaves contigo.

Ojalá siempre llevaras las llaves contigo.
If only you always carried the keys with you.
From Lesson 228:Unreal wishes (ojalá)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Ojalá siempre llevaras las llaves contigo.

Why is llevaras used here if the sentence is about a present wish?
Llevaras is the imperfect subjunctive of llevar. When you pair ojalá with this past subjunctive form, it expresses a wish about the present or future that is highly unlikely or impossible. Just like in English when we say 'If only you carried' instead of 'carry', Spanish uses this form to show that the person usually does not have the keys.
Why do we use llevaras (from llevar) here instead of trajeras (from traer)?
Llevar means to take or carry something with you from place to place, while traer means to bring something towards the speaker. Since you are wishing the person would keep the keys on them wherever they go, rather than asking them to bring the keys to you, llevar is the natural choice.
Why is it contigo instead of con ti?
When the preposition con (with) is followed by the pronoun ti (you), they always combine into the special single word contigo. This is a strict rule you just have to memorize, similar to how con and mí (me) combine to form conmigo.
Would it be wrong to say tus llaves instead of las llaves?
Not at all, tus llaves (your keys) is perfectly fine. However, Spanish speakers frequently use definite articles like las instead of possessive adjectives for everyday personal items when the context makes it completely obvious whose items they are.

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