I wish you had enough money.

[Dilbarhossainchy]

Context: someone said It's in the past tense, but I don’t think so.
I would like to be sure from our honourable teachers here.


Could you please let me know which tense is it in, below?

"I wish you had enough money."

Many many thanks in advance

 

[tunaafi]

It is indeed a past-tense form, but it is used to distance the 'having' in reality rather than time.

 

[lingobingo]

The sentence is in the present tense (main clause: I wish). In that construction, the word had does not imply present/past/future; it denotes unreality. We know from the way the sentence is constructed that you don’t have enough money (but the speaker wishes the opposite were true – subjunctive).

 

[PaulQ]

There are two tense because there are two clauses:

"I wish (present tense) {[that] you had (simple past subjunctive) enough money."}
Subject - verb -----------------------complement.

 

[Dilbarhossainchy]

The sentence is in the present tense (main clause: I wish). In that construction, the word had does not imply present/past/future; it denotes unreality. We know from the way the sentence is constructed that you don’t have enough money (but the speaker wishes the opposite were true – subjunctive).

Sir, could you please let me know whether It is correct and it is in present indefinite tense as It is a question?

Do you wish me had enough money?

Many many thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏

 

[lingobingo]

The object pronoun me is incorrect in that question.

Do you wish [that] I had enough money? ​

Yes. I wish [that] you had enough money. ​

This page explains the uses of wish: Wish

 

[se16teddy]

Could you please let me know which tense is it in, below?
"I wish you had enough money."

It has no tense. When “had” is used to indicate a counterfactual, it is tenseless.
If you’d done it tomorrow instead of yesterday, I could have helped you.
If you’d done it yesterday instead of tomorrow, I could have helped you.
I wish you’d done it tomorrow instead.

(This is not to say that all speakers always feel comfortable about using this form in all time-frames.)

 

[tunaafi]

It has no tense. When “had” is used to indicate a counterfactual, it is tenseless.

I don't agree. It may be timeless, but it is not tenseless. It is the marked tense-form of the verb, usually (and unhelpfully) referred to as the past-tense form

 

[se16teddy]

Could you please let me know which tense is it in, below?

What do you mean by “tense“, Dilbarhossainchy?

 

[Dilbarhossainchy]

What do you mean by “tense“, Dilbarhossainchy?

I am extremely so sorry for late reply, sir🙏🙏🙏🙏. I was not at home, sorry.

Sir, I mean time by tense such as present time/present tense, past time/past tense, and future time/future tense.

Sir, I heard sentences cannot be made without time/tense. So sir, did I hear it right? Or would you mind letting me know whether some sentences like above one have no tense/time?

Thousands of thanks to you, sir 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

 

[se16teddy]

I would say:
- Most English verbs are marked for tense/time - I go, I went.
- But sometimes a verb is marked for mood and not time/tense - If I went I would … is conditional, though it usually refers to the present or future; If I had gone …is (unreal conditional) mood.
- Some verbs are marked for both mood and time/tense/aspect - It is great to have seen it - perfect infinitive.

 

[PaulQ]

Sir, I heard sentences cannot be made without time/tense.

I'm not sure where you heard that, but it is not particularly helpful and you have probably misunderstood: you should forget it.

Time and tense are different things. Consider:
I am going to my brother's village on Tuesday = I will go to my brother's village on Tuesday
I go to my brother's village every Tuesday = In the past, present and future, I habitually go to my brother's village if it is Tuesday.
I am in a plane that is going to Chittagong = present situation.