Wishes and Exclamatory Expressions

آرزوها و عبارات تعجبی

About this concept

Expressing wishes with کاش kāsh (I wish) + past tenses: کاش بودم (I wish I were). Exclamatory: چه che (what a!), عجب ajab (how strange!). Blessings and curses as cultural speech acts.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level B1.

Examples

کاش اینجا بودی!I wish you were here!

چه هوای خوبی!What nice weather!

عجب! باورم نمی‌شود.How strange! I can't believe it.

ان‌شاءالله inshā'allāhGod willing (extremely common expression)

Prerequisite

Subjunctive MoodB1

More B1 concepts

Subjunctive Moodوجه التزامی Future Tenseآینده Past Imperfect (Continuous Past)ماضی استمراری Past Perfect (Pluperfect)ماضی بعید Comparatives and Superlativesصفت تفضیلی و عالی

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