Michaelll
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- Russian
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- Belarus
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I'd like to ask you about the verb wish. Thank you so much for all the help you always give.
It's not him. I wish it is him.![Cross mark :x: ❌](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/274c.png)
It's not him. I wish it were him.![Check mark button :white_check_mark: ✅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2705.png)
I know that in the present we use the past subjunctive. But in the past? Which one is correct the past subjunctive or the past perfect subjunctive?
It wasn't him. I wish it were him. (?)
It wasn't him. I wish it'd been him. (I suppose this one is correct, right?)
It wasn't him. I wished it were him. (?)
It wasn't him. I wished it'd been him. (?)
It's not him. I wish it is him.
![Cross mark :x: ❌](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/274c.png)
It's not him. I wish it were him.
![Check mark button :white_check_mark: ✅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2705.png)
I know that in the present we use the past subjunctive. But in the past? Which one is correct the past subjunctive or the past perfect subjunctive?
It wasn't him. I wish it were him. (?)
It wasn't him. I wish it'd been him. (I suppose this one is correct, right?)
It wasn't him. I wished it were him. (?)
It wasn't him. I wished it'd been him. (?)