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A comparative table of the four subjunctive tenses after ojalá, translated into English, French and German: ojalá venga, haya venido, viniera and hubiera venido. It shows how the tense tells you whether the wish is possible, unlikely or impossible, and is followed by exercises.
Ojalá venga is a possible wish: maybe he comes. Ojalá viniera is an unlikely or impossible wish: he is not coming.
Ojalá haya venido if you do not know yet whether he came; ojalá hubiera venido if you know he did not.
It is optional: Ojalá venga and Ojalá que venga are both correct.
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