How to Wish Someone Something Nice in English: Wish vs. Hope

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Ha! Great examples. Thank you so much Flor S. We plan to!

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Thank you so much both of you 😃.

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Thank you. This is very helpful and easy to learn 😊

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So glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching. :-)

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Ha! Great to see you putting it to use already. Thank you and you too, Wilfried!

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Ha! Here's hoping you have a great weekend too Aparecido!

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Please do!

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Thank you for sharing this useful video👍Great stuff ☺ I hope you both have a wonderful day!!

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Hi Vicki and Jay! Thank you for sharing this useful lesson. I hope to see you soon and I wish you all the best. Bye!

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Great examples Julio! Thank you!

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Thank you so much, Gulsum. Glad you like it.

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[@ashubhai1]

Great video. I shared this video to all my friends who confused about hope and wish. I think this video really helpful for them...

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Oh that's great Ashish and thank you for sharing it!

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So glad you like them. That's great to hear. Thanks for writing.

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Hi Imran. Nice to hear from you. Have a great weekend!

[@haiderps4]

Thank you very nice lesson by the way what's the meaning of the phrasal verb "muddle up" ?

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh great question Haider. To muddle up means to mix up - so to confuse one thing for another. Perhaps we can include it in another video.

[@brayanestivenlemustrujillo8420]

Miss Vicky, I hope you could teach us the other structures; I will be very pleased about it bcs you are very good at teaching. Best wishes !!!

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Hi Brayan. So glad you like the videos. We've just finished recording two other videos on the structures. I'm about to start editing them now.

[@Ash_tommo]

Not to be offensive, but every time I try to do a British accent I feel like an old history teacher 😂😂😂❤️

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Ha! Not offended at all Ashraf. Just amused. :-)

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So glad it's useful, Cristhian. Thanks for writing.

[@ElenSheff]

Thank you very much for the lesson, Madam, Sir, but shouldn't we use a future form tense when speaking about " I hope"? For example : I hope you will like it. I hope everything is going to be ok. I hole you will pass the exam....etc Why did you use present simple in this case? Thank you.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi. Great question. 'I hope you like it' and 'I hope you will like it.' are both possible. For example, if I gave you a present I might say either one, though 'I hope you like it' is probably more common. We often use the present tense to talk about the future. For example, if I wanted to know what time you train was leaving (in the future) I could ask 'What time does it leave?' or 'What time is it leaving?'. It would be odd in that situation to say 'What time will it leave.

[@Marta-cz6rq]

I absolutely loved this video! I could watch you forever! Saying that I still have a doubt about an answer to the question I had in mind. If we make official wishes (like on a card), may we use for example "I wish you passing your exam" with the form -ing instead of a proper noun? "I wish you good luck on the exam" would be obvious but I am just wondering about the possibility and wether it's correct in English. Thank you in advance for answering!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Marta, this is Jay writing back to you. It's a bit strange to use the 'ing' form, but you could say "Good luck passing your exam." But I would most likely say "Good luck on your exam."

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[@mollietai8946]

Wish(ing) you a happy birthday! I wish (that) you are happy and healthy. Wish me good luck! I hope you pass the IELTS. I hope (that) it won’t rain tomorrow.

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And we hope you keep practising Moliie. Great job! Have a great weekend.

[@nanchayamancharoen7637]

What about saying "wishing you a speedy recovery"? Is it naturally and grammatically correct? Thank you in advance for your kind answer.

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Hi Nanchaya. Great question. Yes, it is correct in written English. It is something we would write at the end of a letter or email to someone who is ill.

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Good teachers ever!!

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Thanks for the kind words, Samra.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

I hope he will get a good mark on his exam- Here, there is a possibility he will ace his exam because he is a straight-A student. I wish you will pass your exam- Here implies you are not a good student, you didn't study for the exam. You need a miracle to pass that exam. You need a spell to pass the exam that is why I wish you good luck on your exam.

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Oh good try, Theyoutubepolyglot, but no. This isn't about possibilities. The first one works, but whether he is a good student or not doesn't matter. He could be a terrible student and you could still hope he passes. What matters is that you want it to happen. And the second example is grammatically wrong. After I wish, you can't use will. I think we might have talked about that in some other videos on wish and hope. Have you seen them yet?

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Yes I did You said wish is like magic. Magic is not real. If my mind sees and reads sentences, I will spot better the differences. This is new to me. I understood wish is more formal than hope. I hope you have had a good trip. I think I got it. You can't use wish in the present. I wish I were smarter. I am not smart and I don't think I will be smart one day. Hope you can use it in the present and is something that can happen. I hope you'll win the lottery. There is a possibility you win the lottery. I wish he had passed his exam- Now is too late. I think I nailed it this time.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! We're getting there. Great job! With the "I wish I were smarter' example, you might actually think you are smart in the present, but you're just not as smart as you'd like to be. And yes, you nailed all the others! :-)

[@pushpa2143]

Could anyone tell me again because I am confused between hope and wish

[@Mr_Moblo]

In german its exactly like that

[@Mr_Moblo]

It is Wünsch mir Glück. Ich hoffe es ist nichts Schlimmes.

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Thanks Mr Moblo.

[@qiugezhang6847]

i know this too late! i have written numerous “i wish” to the professors and classmates!!!

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Ah, well if you've been writing, wish could be fine Susan, just very formal. Glad you've seen this now.

[@Philibert73]

And what about: "break a leg" :-)

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Oh now that's an interesting one. It's what actors say to one another before a performance instead of Good luck.

[@Philibert73]

So, I say to you: "break a leg" when you make another video :)

[@DeathGodUnit]

I sure WISH I was dead

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Oh my, I hope not Nineball.