I 'HOPE' you can come to my party! (geit wa kan damak ta'eel aiwe!) I "WISH" you hadn't come!

We all have hopes and wishes...sometimes it's the only thing that keeps us going.
Meen aqwa - hope wala wish?
Hope is the stronger word.......leh?
Coz.
(coz why? mat khalaseena ba'a!)
Tayeb, tayeb!
Coz there's a chance that your hopes might come true (happen) but not your wishes...(ma3lish...ma tiz3aloush...ba kalim min nahyet el logha).

Compare these two sentences:

When Saeed was a 5-year-old boy. He said: I hope I'll grow to be a tall man.
(fet 40 sana wa ba'a howa delwaty 45 years old. Kol sana wa inta tayeb ya Saeed! We really wish you a happy birthday! Bas ya haram...tila3 osayar wa mish bayen min el ard; hata bintu ili 3andaha 13 sana atwal minu).

Now, he's 45 years old and says: I wish I were tall.
(it's very common to use 'were' when using wish).
(ha yitwal keda? ana la a3taked!!)

HOPE

"Hope" is used to express FUTURE (wishes ):
- I hope you will visit my blog one day.
- I hope the world will be at peace. (Ameeen)

EHHHHHHH HOWA DA? ya3nee I can't say 'I hope you're alright' ???!!!!
-(hader! hader! ma khalastish lesa!!)

"Hope" is used to express the PRESENT with the present:
- I hope you're alright (ahe..matiza3loush!)
- I hope he likes my cooking.(akeeed la!)

"Hope" is used to express the PAST with the past:
- I hope you found your ring.(already daya3it el khatem; past)
- I hope you had a nice trip. (already rahu el rehla wa reg3ou)

WISH

"Wish" is often used with the past perfect (had + past participle):

- I wish I hadn't lost her phone number. (la, naseh!)

- I wish I hadn't given him my phone number. (hazek halw! ma howa daya3ha uslan).

(if you look again at the title of this post, you'll notice the title: I hope you can come to my party...I wish you hadn't come. I didn't say, I wish you didn't come)

"Wish" is used to express the present with the past:

- I wish I had a better job. (meaning you have a bad one now).

- I wish I lived in a bigger house. (but you don't. You have a small house).

(This is maybe the main way, we use 'wish'...to express our present situation that we wish would change)

If you want to use "Wish" for the future, you must use "would" with it:

- I wish you would stop forgetting my birthday!

-Well, I wish you would cook me a nice meal!

note: notice that if you are going to use 'wish' with the future, it gives a bit of an aggressive attitutde. Many times we use it to express that we wish a person would stop doing something:

I wish you would stop talking, so I can say something!

(ok, hader...you can say what you want now.)....LA! Istanu! Bas 3amel summary:

If you think there's a strong possibility of something happening, use 'hope'.

If you want to practice, go to this link:

http://http://eslprograms.vcc.ca/ESLWEB/wishhope.htm

akheran khalast!