htjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

htȅti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xtjêti/
Hyphenation: htje‧ti

Verb

htjȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling хтје̏ти)

(transitive) to wish, want, desire
Hoćeš da ti pomognem? Samo reci kako. ― Do you want me to help you? Just say how.
(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, 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	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.