chtieti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈxci̯ɛːci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈxciːci/

Verb

chtieti impf

  1. to want
    chtieti rád něčemu ― to want something very much
    chtieti radějí něčemu ― to prefer something
    Chce sě mi píti. ― I'd like to drink.
  2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
    Že chceš vždy v krčmě ležěti, dietky chtie hladem zemřieti.
    As you only want to sit in the pub, the children will die of hunger.
    Zlý člověk to chce býti. ― It must be a bad man.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • pochtieti
  • vzechtieti
  • zachtieti

Descendants

  • Czech: chtít

References

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

chtieti

  1. Obsolete spelling of htjeti
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