"Keşke çocuk olsaydım."

Translation: I wish I were a child.

[SheridanZhoy]

No matter how I try, I keep hearing, "olsaydın." Is it that difficult when real people are speaking? (Aside from the benefit of context)

[irkadavra]

while speaking face to face, it would be easier.

[su8de]

I think Turkish words do not read correctly.I am a Turk.Nevertheless I don't understand words.You should report

[hadi949]

Could it be : If only I were a child
?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Yep, and this is already accepted

[Michael880308]

What part of speech is keşke? It's being translated as an English verb, but it doesn't look like a Turkish one.

[Mirage20]

In Engish "lf" is generally a conjunction used in a conditional clause.

Eg. "Zengin olsaydım, seyahat ederdim = "If I were rich, I would travel".

In English, the closest translation for "keşke" (in meaning) would be "if only".

Eg. "Keşke zengin olsaydım" = "If only I were rich" / "I wish I were rich".

[DavidCarver]

"I wish I was" is normal in English

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Keşke çocuk olsaydım."
Translation: I wish I were a child.

&

I wish I was a child. - Correct.

[amrbekhit]

If "gitseydim" means "if I had gone", then i would have thought, "çocuk olsaydım" would mean "if I had been a child"? Would that be an acceptable answer? Or is this a set phrase?

[orde90]

If I had been a child could translate to 'Çocuk olmuş olsaydım' or 'Çocuk olsaydım'. So you are right, you could have said: I wish I had been a child.

[Ektoraskan]

I second this.

It's now an accepted alternative.

[irkadavra]

'if i had been a child' means 'çocuk olsaydım' but does not mean 'KEŞKE çocuk olsaydım'.
The correct translation is 'I wish i were a child'.
In my opinion, 'if I had been...' sould not be accepted as a correct translation.

[Capt.Yah]

"I wish if I was a child" was not accepted. Should it be correct?

[BasmaAhmed161204]

(I wish if I was a child) (was) comes with (I) or am I wrong ???

[iad58g]

Why not ‘Would that I were a child’?

[Daisy917789]

Keşke is like bárcsak in hungarian, if someone would wish something :D

[Gokmen59]

Write on the YouTube (ferdi Tayfur ah bir çocuk olsaydım) and listen that song