質問: 【文法、語法】願望の表現について質問です 英作の一部に 『子供の頃、もっと熱心に勉強していれば』 という文章があり、最初私は i wish i had studied harder when i was a child. のようにwishの節の中を仮定法過去完了と解釈して書いたのですが、書いた後に 『過去の一時点を表す語句と共に過去完了形は用いず、過去形を用いる』 というのを思い出しました 例えば when i was a child,i had played the piano. はだめで、主節を i played the piano. にしないとだめ だったら、最初に書いた文章も i wish i studied harder when i was a child. としないとだめかなと思ったのですが... これはどちらが正しいのでしょうか?
回答: 過去にたいしての願望・後悔を表す場合 wish+had+過去分詞が正解です。 以下が参考になると思います。 wishes and regrets wishes about the present and future i wish i spoke italian. -- i can't speak italian i wish i had a big car. -- i don't have a big car i wish i was on a beach. -- iam in the office future: i wish it was the weekend tomorrow. -- it's only thursday tomorrow wishes about the past i wish i hadn't eaten so much. -- i ate a lot i wish they had come on holiday with us. -- they didn't come on holiday with us i wish i had studied harder at school. -- i was lazy at school