I hope that...

[Sai]

How would you 'I hope that something is something' in japanese, for example, i hope that mister smith is nice, or i hope that the train comes today?
thanks

[Hirano Shinji]

It may not be easy to translate the verb "hope" into good Japanese.
But I'd think "...(da)to ii (desune)" could be used in most cases.

For example:
I hope that Mr. Smith is nice.
スミスさんが(/は)いい人だといいです（ね）

I hope that the train comes today.
（その）電車が今日来るといい（な/ね)

Hope it helps.

Hirashin

[Sai]

it does, i know that you can't always directly translate english into japanese but what you're sayings makes sense, so thanks