096 仮定法(Subjunctive mood)② 仮定法の表現Ⅰ
[解説]
I wish 主語 過去形／過去完了形 「～なら／だったらよかったのになあ」
If only 主語 過去形／過去完了形 「～でさえすればなあ／さえしていたらなあ」
…as if 主語 過去形／過去完了形 「まるで～かのように／だったかのように…」
It is time 主語 過去形 「もう～してもよい頃だろう」
If it were not for ～, (仮定法過去） 「もし～がなかったら」
If it had not been for, （仮定法過去完了）
≒Without～,／But for ～,
[例文]
1 I wish you were here.
2 I wish my dog could talk.
3 I wish I had a driver's license.
cf. If only I had a driver's license,
強い願望「持ってさえいれば…」
4 I wish I had studied harder.
5 I wish I had listened to his advice.
6 If only I had left home ten minutes earlier.
7 He speaks English as if he were an American.
8 He talks as if he knew everything.
9 They were talking as if they had been friends for years.
10 The looked as if they had seen a ghost.
11 It is about time you married.
「あなたもそろそろ結婚してもいい頃でしょう」
12 If it were not for music, my life would be boring.
「もしも音楽がなかったら、私の人生は退屈だろう」
13 If it had not been for her help, I would have drowned.
