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Wish

One step back

After wish, the tense moves one step back.

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Wish does not take the tense of the real world. It takes one step back.

The step back

For something you want to be different now, use wish + past simple. I wish I had more time. I wish I knew her name.

Not last week

Had and knew look like the past. Here they talk about this moment. The past form means: this is not real.

I wish I have more time. — no
I wish I had more time. — yes