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To hope /tu hoʊp/ significa esperar, pero no en el sentido de esperar en una fila o esperar a una persona. Hope significa esperar con deseo, esperanza o ilusión de que algo pase.

En español usamos esperar para varias ideas. En inglés, es importante distinguir:

  • Hope — esperar con deseo o esperanza.
    • I hope you feel better — “Espero que te sientas mejor”.
  • Wait — esperar físicamente o esperar tiempo.
    • I am waiting for the bus — “Estoy esperando el autobús”.
  • Expect — esperar porque crees que algo va a pasar.
    • I expect him to arrive at 8 — “Espero que llegue a las 8”.

Una estructura muy común es hope to + verbo base: I hope to travel soon — “Espero viajar pronto”.

También usamos hope that + oración: I hope that she passes the test — “Espero que ella pase el examen”. En conversación, muchas veces omitimos that: “I hope she passes the test”.

Para hablar del futuro después de hope, normalmente usamos el presente simple: “I hope you come tomorrow”. También se puede usar will en algunos casos, pero para principiantes es más simple recordar esta estructura:

  • I hope + sujeto + verbo en presente simple.

Hope es un verbo regular: hope → hoped → hoped. La forma de tercera persona hopes se pronuncia /hoʊps/, con sonido final /s/. El pasado y el participio hoped se pronuncian /hoʊpt/, con sonido final /t/. El gerundio hoping se escribe sin la e final y se pronuncia /ˈhoʊ.pɪŋ/.

Simple Tense

Simple Present Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I hope We hope
2ª You hope You hope
3ª He/She/It hopes They hope

Hope: /hoʊp/, hopes: /hoʊps/

Simple Past Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I hoped We hoped
2ª You hoped You hoped
3ª He/She/It hoped They hoped

Hoped: /hoʊpt/

Simple Future Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will hope We will hope
2ª You will hope You will hope
3ª He/She/It will hope They will hope

Will hope: /wɪl hoʊp/

Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I am hoping We are hoping
2ª You are hoping You are hoping
3ª He/She/It is hoping They are hoping

Hoping: /ˈhoʊ.pɪŋ/

Past Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I was hoping We were hoping
2ª You were hoping You were hoping
3ª He/She/It was hoping They were hoping

Was hoping: /wəz ˈhoʊ.pɪŋ/, Were hoping: /wɜr ˈhoʊ.pɪŋ/

Future Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will be hoping We will be hoping
2ª You will be hoping You will be hoping
3ª He/She/It will be hoping They will be hoping

Will be hoping: /wɪl bi ˈhoʊ.pɪŋ/

Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I have hoped We have hoped
2ª You have hoped You have hoped
3ª He/She/It has hoped They have hoped

Have hoped: /hæv hoʊpt/, Has hoped: /hæz hoʊpt/

Past Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I had hoped We had hoped
2ª You had hoped You had hoped
3ª He/She/It had hoped They had hoped

Had hoped: /hæd hoʊpt/

Future Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will have hoped We will have hoped
2ª You will have hoped You will have hoped
3ª He/She/It will have hoped They will have hoped

Will have hoped: /wɪl hæv hoʊpt/