željeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): žèleti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒěʎeti/
Hyphenation: že‧lje‧ti

Verb

žèljeti impf (Cyrillic spelling жѐљети)

(transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of željeti

Infinitive: željeti		Present verbal adverb: žèlēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: žèljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		želim	želiš	želi	želimo	želite	žele
Future	Future I	željet ću¹ željeću	željet ćeš¹ željećeš	željet će¹ željeće	željet ćemo¹ željećemo	željet ćete¹ željećete	željet će¹ željeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm želio²	bȕdēš želio²	bȕdē želio²	bȕdēmo željeli²	bȕdēte željeli²	bȕdū željeli²
Past	Perfect	želio sam²	želio si²	želio je²	željeli smo²	željeli ste²	željeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam želio²	bio si želio²	bio je želio²	bili smo željeli²	bili ste željeli²	bili su željeli²
	Imperfect	željah	željaše	željaše	željasmo	željaste	željahu
Conditional I		želio bih²	želio bi²	želio bi²	željeli bismo²	željeli biste²	željeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih želio²	bio bi želio²	bio bi želio²	bili bismo željeli²	bili biste željeli²	bili bi željeli²
Imperative		—	želi	—	želimo	želite	—
Active past participle		želio m / željela f / željelo n			željeli m / željele f / željela n
Passive past participle		željen m / željena f / željeno n			željeni m / željene f / željena 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 and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

požèljeti
zažèljeti
užèljeti

Related terms

želja