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"In these moments I wish I was born one or two years later"
in questi momenti voglio che mi nascevo uno o due anni piu tardi? is this good? i don't know how to corellate the two tenses in Italian

2007-06-14 05:40:53 · 3 answers · asked by dan_can_dance 2 in Society & Culture Languages

I wish I had been born later -- to be more exact

2007-06-14 05:43:19 · update #1

3 answers

Translation is
In questi momenti vorrei essere nato uno o due anni più tardi
(or nata, if speaker is of female gender).

Sentence posted in yr details "I wish I had been born later"
is in Italian
"Vorrei essere nato più tardi" (or nata, if speaker is of female gender).

2007-06-14 05:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 5 0

In questo momento / in momenti come questi vorrei essere nato uno o due anni piu' tardi.

in questo momento means at this moment
in momenti come questi means in moments like this
check out your context

correlating verbs is one of the most difficult thing in italian...

first thing: wish is mostly translated with the present conditional of the verb volere (to want) (io vorrei, tu vorresti, egli vorrebbe, noi vorremmo, voi vorreste, essi vorrebbero).

second thing: now, here is the rule: if the subject (the one who does the action) of the first sentence is DIFFERENT from the subject of the second one, then you have to put CHE inbetween. in english it is often omitted: I wish THAT YOU were born...., followed by a congiuntivo imperfetto (this tense does not exists in english, if you are learning italian you could maybe know about it or know what it is).
if the subjects are the same, do not use any CHE and then just the infinitive tense, like "i wish to be born...", that is "vorrei essere nato"...

i could be even more specific, but i am afraid that the text above is already too complicated and not really clear... anyway i hope the translation helps.

2007-06-14 12:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by elf 2 · 5 0

In questi momenti vorrei essere nato uno o due anni piu' tardi.

P.S. "nata" for a girl!

2007-06-14 14:16:02 · answer #3 · answered by Chiara C 4 · 2 0

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