Spanish II

I'd love to, in general.

i'd like to...

You have me at a disadvantage.

[url="http://world.altavista.com/"]Babel Fish[/url] translates this as "it wanted". Presumably from your comments, that is not entirely correct?

Rommie

Could we have the context, please? I don't like misleading people.

"Quisiera ser tan bonita como la luna"

I wish I were as beautiful as the moon

"Quisiera ser la sombra que te sigue"

I wish I were the shadow that follows you

But I agree with Maj.. It will be easier knowing the context...

quisiera ser funcionario electoral

do you want to be a poll worker

what is the tense how is it conjugated and are there any variations. I am familiar with the verb querer but it is irregular and i lose it when we go away from basic present tense.
thank you
Steve

In this context it should be:

I'd like to be a poll worker.

I believe the name of the tense is "imperfect subjunctive". You can also use it in IF statements (Second Conditional) with the simple meaning "wanted": "Si quisiera..., ..." "If s/he wanted (to) ..."

Perhaps 'election official' for 'funcionario electoral'.

MrP

Learner"Quisiera ser tan bonita como la luna"

I wish I were as beautiful as the moon

"Quisiera ser la sombra que te sigue"

I wish I were the shadow that follows you

But I agree with Maj.. It will be easier knowing the context...

I think the correct English phrase is "I would like to".

"I wish I were..." is perha