1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: I really want you to have a great experience learning 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,320 English with me. And if you do, I hope you 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:13,400 will tell your friends about this podcast. I wish I 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:17,239 could tell you how happy I am that you study 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:25,480 here with me. Want, hope or wish? Let's find out. 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,679 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from 7 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:36,600 New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. 8 00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 9 00:00:41,679 --> 00:00:46,280 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 10 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:53,359 This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven seventy seven. Is 11 00:00:53,399 --> 00:00:59,960 it want, wish or hope? What's the difference between why, 12 00:01:00,479 --> 00:01:04,560 hope and wish? That's a question a lot of English 13 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,319 learners have, and today we're going to dive in and 14 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:14,079 find out. Let's look at want first. When you want something, 15 00:01:14,599 --> 00:01:19,359 you desire to do it or have it, Like I 16 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:24,799 want a burger for lunch, Yeah, that's my desire. Or 17 00:01:25,599 --> 00:01:29,040 I want to learn how to read and write Japanese. 18 00:01:29,799 --> 00:01:35,000 That's why I'm taking lessons. I really want you to 19 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,760 get something out of the lessons here on the podcast. 20 00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:45,319 That's want. It's how we talk about our basic desires. 21 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,239 Hope has a deeper meaning than want. Hope is more 22 00:01:50,239 --> 00:01:56,760 of a feeling of desire and expectation. When you hope 23 00:01:56,799 --> 00:02:02,120 for something, you both want it to and you also 24 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,640 believe that it's possible to happen. Like I hope I 25 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,319 can get a good score on the exam. Let's see, 26 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,240 I've attended all the lectures and completed all of my assignments. 27 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,159 I hope I can get a good score. I believe 28 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,960 it's possible. Hey, you're going to Tokyo on vacation. I 29 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,879 hope you have a great time. I can use hope 30 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:33,400 because I believe it's possible. I hope the Yankees win 31 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:37,680 the game tonight. If they do, they'll be in the finals. 32 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,599 And as you probably noticed, we use the simple present 33 00:02:43,759 --> 00:02:48,759 tense after hope. I hope I pass the exam. I 34 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:54,840 hope you have a nice vacation. I hope that makes sense. 35 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,360 On the other hand, we use the verb wish when 36 00:02:59,439 --> 00:03:03,159 we want to something to happen, but that thing is 37 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:08,560 either not likely to happen or it's just impossible. In 38 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,520 other words, we use wish for things that we really 39 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:17,199 don't expect to happen, even though we want them to happen. 40 00:03:18,039 --> 00:03:23,159 A wish is like an impossible dream. Do you remember 41 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:28,000 the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp. Aladdin finds 42 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:32,360 the lamp, rubs it, and the genie comes out. And 43 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:36,840 what did the genie say? He told Aladdin that he 44 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,719 will grant him three wishes. Only a genie can give 45 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:48,520 you what you wish, Like I wish I were taller. Yeah, 46 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,159 when I was a kid, I used to say that 47 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,280 all the time, and maybe it was possible then, but 48 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,879 not anymore now that I'm an adult. Right, And how 49 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,680 about this one? I wish I had a million dollars? 50 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,879 How many times have I thought that one? Did you 51 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,280 notice the grammar with wish we use the past tense. 52 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:17,920 I wish I were taller, I wish I had a 53 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,720 million bucks. In English, we tend to use the past 54 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:28,399 tense for imaginary situations. Let's sum up what we have 55 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:34,319 so far. When you want something, you desire it. When 56 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,759 you hope for something, you want it and you believe 57 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,000 it's possible. And when you wish for something, it's like 58 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:46,959 you want it, but you know that it's really not 59 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:52,439 gonna happen, like a dream. And by the way, we 60 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,279 also use the word wish as a greeting, like we 61 00:04:57,439 --> 00:05:02,439 wish you a merry Christmas, or congratulations on your wedding. 62 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:07,879 I wish you a lifetime of happiness as a greeting. 63 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,439 A wish is not something that's not possible, it's just 64 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:17,160 kind of a classic formal style of speaking. 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