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のに
noni-3
Edit  ziaz
Meaning
wish
I wish today's weather was as nice as yesterday's
Edit  ziaz
Formation
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Phrases
きょうのてんきがきのうのようなてんきだったらよかったのに
I wish today's weather had been as nice as yesterday's.
Edit  #6072 ziaz
あめさえやめばいいのになあ。
If only it would stop raining!
Edit  #8383 karekano
Discussion and comments
I believe this use of noni is interchangeable with のだけれでも
ziaz
ziaz, re text, if you say that, it is だけれども instead of だけれでも.
Miki
I feel like this should be listed as ればいいのに or at least いいのに. I would say that のに within the construction, by itself, is actually functioning within its "in spite of" sense.
james2c19v