Breakdown of Ojalá siempre llevaras las llaves contigo.
la llave
key
siempre
always
contigo
with you
llevar
to take (carry, transport)
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)?
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?