"Hon önskar sig en häst."

Translation: She is wishing for a horse.

[deactivated user]

If she wants a horse, she'll have to pony up some money first!
Ba dum tish

[DezKelz]

Nejjjj! Puns like that are liable to give me night-mares

[CapdeBurro]

How do we say "Wish to + verb" ?

[Lundgren8]

The most idiomatic translation would be skulle vilja, I think, literally would want/like.

• I wish to make a complaint. = Jag skulle vilja framföra ett klagomål.
• I wish to leave now. = Jag skulle vilja gå nu.

[CapdeBurro]

Tack

[PLLumsdaine]

“She wants a horse” is not accepted. What is the difference in meaning that makes “…wants…” not a good fit for “…önskar sig…” here?

[mad2hat]

i think 'önskar' stands for fantasy more than an actual physical want
because for want we use 'vill ha'

[4070milesapart]

What is the function of "sig" here? If she wished for a horse for someone else, would that person replace "sig?"

[JoakimEk]

It does men she wishes it for herself. You can wish "feelings" for other persons, like "jag önskar honom en trevlig resa"-"i wish him a pleasant trip". However, you don't normally say "jag önskar honom en häst", in that case you probably say "jag hoppas han får en häst" - "i hope he gets a horse".

[ArthurVicentini]

I think the "sig" it the she wishes for herself, but I don't know if it was a wish for someone else you write something else.

[danielmonteiro16]

Like Portuguese that “skulle vilja”, although Portuguese has already a conjugation to that as “queria - would want”, “queria um livro - jag skulle vilja en bok”, so, I think that's good to me :D

[ArthurVicentini]

"I would want" is "Eu quereria" (futuro do pretérito - "future's past"), that one may say as "Eu iria querer". "I wanted" is be "Eu queria" (pretérito imperfeito - "imperfect past"); "Eu quero um livro." - "I want a book." - "Jag vill ha en bok."

"Jag önskar" is "Eu desejo/Eu gostaria de", and, in english, "I wish/would like"; "Eu desejaria/gostaria de um alce." - "I wish for/would like a moose" - "Jag önskar sig en älg."

I hope that is correct. :)

[AnaKerie]

I remember this one by "When you wish upon a star." Önskar.

[Anxiolytic]

Is it possible to write 'hon önskar till en häst'?

[Arnauti]

No, that doesn't make sense.

[normordm]

Just curious, how do I say that doesn't make sense in Swedish?

[Hannah807690]

I see you're trying to draw similarities to the use of "till" in "ägg till frukost" (eggs for breakfast) but these are different contexts, and while in English the grammatical constructions are the same (in regards to the use of "for"), the inderlying ideas are what need to be conceptualized differently in order to create sensible Swedish translations. Simply practicing the different uses of prepositions in various contexts should help. Not a native Swedish speaker, but this is my perspective.

[HoroTanuki]

so, what would be the difference in meaning if someone said "Jag önskar mig en häst", "Jag vill ha en häst" and "Jag vilja en häst". Don't all three things mean the same, that he wants a horse?

[Haiw0n]

The first two basically yes, but Jag vilja makes no sense because it is the infinitive, unconjugated form of the verb.

[bebatjof]

"She wishes a horse" is wrong? Like: what would the princess like for her birthday? The princess wishes a horse. No?

[jonathan89434]

That's poor grammar, it's wishes FOR something

[Lea754012]

Min kungarike för en häst!

[Deio251646]

Nothing wrong with the above as such, but a more common construction would be, she wants a horse, but if you want to use wish, then, she wishes for a horse, might be more common, or, a perfect construction, she wished she had a horse. I can't help reading, she is wishing for a horse, and, imagining that the poor girl is trying to do the wishing for a some old nag who has forgotten how to wish! Further, as far as I understand Swedish, not far in the slightest, the Swedish is not verb + ~ ing, but just verb, so no wishing but to wish, wishes....etc