A2Grammar
Hätte ich nur gewusst, wie schwierig das ist!
If only I had known how difficult that is!
In German
Hätte ich nur gewusst, wie schwierig das ist!
Het-tuh ish noor ge-voost, vee shvee-rikh das ist!
🇬🇧 English
If only I had known how difficult that is!
🇪🇸 Español
¡Si tan solo hubiera sabido lo difícil que es eso!
🇮🇹 Italiano
Se solo avessi saputo quanto è difficile!
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Hätte | Had | Auxiliary verb (Konjunktiv II of haben) |
| ich | I | Pronoun |
| nur | only | Particle |
| gewusst | known | Participle II of wissen |
| , | Punctuation | |
| wie | how | Adverb |
| schwierig | difficult | Adjective |
| das | that | Pronoun |
| ist | is | Verb |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv II (Past) with 'nur' for regretful wishes
Variations
Ich wünschte, ich hätte gewusst, wie schwierig das ist.
I wish I had known how difficult that is.
Wenn ich doch nur gewusst hätte, wie schwierig das ist!
If only I had known how difficult that is!
Related
If I had wings, I would fly around the world.
Wenn ich Flügel hätte, flöge ich um die Welt.
Ven ish flue-gel het-tuh, floe-guh ish um dee velt.
Would you feel like coming along?
Hättest du Lust, mitzukommen?
Het-test doo loost, mit-tsoo-kom-men?
One should go to the cinema again sometime.
Man müsste mal wieder ins Kino gehen.
Man muess-tuh mal vee-der ins kee-no geh-en.