hteti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): htjȅti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xъtěti, cognate with Russian хотеть (xotetʹ), Ukrainian хотіти (xotity).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xtêti/
Hyphenation: hte‧ti

Verb

htȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling хте̏ти)

(transitive) to wish, want, desire
(intransitive, auxiliary) Used to form the future tense; shall, will, going to
Ja ću raditi/Ja ću da radim ― I will work
(reflexive, impersonal, informal) to feel like
Nije mi se htelo ― I didn't feel like it

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of hteti

Infinitive: hteti		Present verbal adverb: hòtēći/htȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: htȇvši/hòtēvši		Verbal noun: hténje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		hoću / htednem / ću	hoćeš / htedneš / ćeš	hoće / htedne / će	hoćemo / htednemo / ćemo	hoćete / htednete / ćete	hoće / htednu / će
Future	Future I	htet ću¹ hteću	htet ćeš¹ htećeš	htet će¹ hteće	htet ćemo¹ htećemo	htet ćete¹ htećete	htet će¹ hteće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm hteo²	bȕdēš hteo²	bȕdē hteo²	bȕdēmo hteli²	bȕdēte hteli²	bȕdū hteli²
Past	Perfect	hteo sam²	hteo si²	hteo je²	hteli smo²	hteli ste²	hteli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam hteo²	bȉo si hteo²	bȉo je hteo²	bíli smo hteli²	bíli ste hteli²	bíli su hteli²
	Aorist	htedoh / hteh	htede / hte	htede / hte	htedosmo / htesmo	htedoste / hteste	htedoše / hteše
	Imperfect	hoćah / hotijah / htijah	hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše	hoćaše / hotijaše / htijaše	hoćasmo / hotijasmo / htijasmo	hoćaste / hotijaste / htijaste	hoćahu / hotijahu / htijahu
Conditional I		hteo bih²	hteo bi²	hteo bi²	hteli bismo²	hteli biste²	hteli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih hteo²	bȉo bi hteo²	bȉo bi hteo²	bíli bismo hteli²	bíli biste hteli²	bíli bi hteli²
Imperative		—	htedni	—	htednimo	htednite	—
Active past participle		hteo m / htela f / htelo n			hteli m / htele f / htela 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.