htjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xtjêti/
  • Hyphenation: htje‧ti

Verb

htjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling хтје̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to wish, want, desire
    Hoćeš da ti pomognem? Samo reci kako. ― Do you want me to help you? Just say how.
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary) Used to form the future tense; shall, will, going to
    Ja ću raditi/Ja ću da radim. ― I will work.
  3. (reflexive, impersonal, informal) to feel like, want
    Nije mi se htjelo. ― I didn't feel like it. (literally, “It didn't want itself to me.”)

Usage notes

In some dialects and colloquial speech, there is no aspiration so the initial h sound in all forms is never pronounced (e.g. hoću and htio become oću and tio respectively). In formal speech, aspiration is preferred.

Conjugation
Conjugation of htjeti
Infinitive: htjeti Present verbal adverb: htjēći / htȉjūći Past verbal adverb: htjȇvši / hòtjēvši Verbal noun: htjénje / htȉjēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present hoću / htjednem / ću hoćeš / htjedneš / ćeš hoće / htjedne / će hoćemo / htjednemo / ćemo hoćete / htjednete / ćete hoće / htjednu / će
Future Future I htjet ću1
htjeću		 htjet ćeš1
htjećeš		 htjet će1
htjeće		 htjet ćemo1
htjećemo		 htjet ćete1
htjećete		 htjet će1
htjeće
Future II bȕdēm htio2 bȕdēš htio2 bȕdē htio2 bȕdēmo htjeli2 bȕdēte htjeli2 bȕdū htjeli2
Past Perfect htio sam2 htio si2 htio je2 htjeli smo2 htjeli ste2 htjeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam htio2 bȉo si htio2 bȉo je htio2 bíli smo htjeli2 bíli ste htjeli2 bíli su htjeli2
Aorist htjedoh / htjeh htjede / htje htjede / htje htjedosmo / htjesmo htjedoste / htjeste htjedoše / htješe
Imperfect hoćah / hotijah / htijah hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše hoćasmo / hotijasmo / htijasmo hoćaste / hotijaste / htijaste hoćahu / hotijahu / htijahu
Conditional I htio bih2 htio bi2 htio bi2 htjeli bismo2 htjeli biste2 htjeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih htio2 bȉo bi htio2 bȉo bi htio2 bíli bismo htjeli2 bíli biste htjeli2 bíli bi htjeli2
Imperative — htjedni — htjednimo htjednite —
Active past participle htio m / htjela f / htjelo n htjeli m / htjele f / htjela n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Further reading
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1887-1891), “htjȅti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 716
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1887-1891), “hòtjeti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 655
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