I wish

Phrase

 * - I don't know how I'm going to afford all these Christmas presents. - Maybe you'll win the lottery and become a millionaire overnight. - I wish!
 * - I don't know how I'm going to afford all these Christmas presents. - Maybe you'll win the lottery and become a millionaire overnight. - I wish!

Usage notes

 * The verb requires an object or prepositional phrase. In conversation, a preceding statement is the understood missing constituent of the complete expression.

Translations

 * Arabic:, تَمَنَّى (a sentence in subjunctive mood follows)
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: was het maar zo dat, or use auxiliary with inversion and  (Had ik maar veel geld. – If only I had lots of money!)
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, j'aurais aimé que (a sentence in subjunctive mood follows)
 * German: wenn auch, wenn doch nur
 * Hebrew: הלוואי, כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן
 * Italian:, mi piacerebbe
 * Japanese: ばいいのになあ, らいいのになあ, いいのに, よいものを
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Malay: sekira, semoga
 * Norwegian: skulle ønske det, skulle ønske jeg var
 * Persian:, , ای کاش
 * Polish: jeśli by, jeśliby,, gdyby tylko
 * Portuguese:, quem me dera
 * Russian: хоте́лось бы, е́сли бы то́лько,
 * Slovene: če bi le
 * Spanish:, , si tan solo, si tan siquiera
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: