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*
		singular			plural
infinitive		htjeti
present verbal adverb		hòtēći / htȉjūći
past verbal adverb		htjȇvši / hòtjēvši
verbal noun		htjénje / htȉjēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		hòću / htjȅdnēm / ću	hȍćeš / htjȅdnēš / ćeš	hȍće / htjȅdnē / će	hȍćemo / htjȅdnēmo / ćemo	hȍćete / htjȅdnēte / ćete	hòćē / htjȅdnū / ćē
future	future I	htjet ću¹ htjeću	htjet ćeš¹ htjećeš	htjet će¹ htjeće	htjet ćemo¹ htjećemo	htjet ćete¹ htjećete	htjet ćē¹ htjeće
future	future II	bȕdēm htȉo²	bȕdēš htȉo²	bȕdē htȉo²	bȕdēmo htjȅli²	bȕdēte htjȅli²	bȕdū htjȅli²
past	perfect	htȉo sam²	htȉo si²	htȉo je²	htjȅli smo²	htjȅli ste²	htjȅli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam htȉo²	bȉo si htȉo²	bȉo je htȉo²	bíli smo htjȅli²	bíli ste htjȅli²	bíli su htjȅli²
	aorist	htjȅdoh / hòtjeh / htjȅh	htjȅde / hòtje / htjȅ	htjȅde / hòtje / htjȅ	htjȅdosmo / hòtjesmo / htjȅsmo	htjȅdoste / hòtjeste / htjȅdoste	htjȅdošē / htjȅdoše / hòtješē / hòtješe / htjȅšē / htjȅše
	imperfect	hȍćāh / hòtijāh / htȉjāh	hȍćāše / hòtijāše / htȉjāše	hȍćāše / hòtijāše / htȉjāše	hȍćāsmo / hòtijāsmo / htȉjāsmo	hȍćāste / hòtijāste / htȉjāste	hȍćāhū / hȍćāhu / hòtijāhū / hòtijāhu / htȉjāhū / htȉjāhu
conditional	conditional I	htȉo bih²	htȉo bi²	htȉo bi²	htjȅli bismo²	htjȅli biste²	htjȅli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih htȉo²	bȉo bi htȉo²	bȉo bi htȉo²	bíli bismo htjȅli²	bíli biste htjȅli²	bíli bi htjȅli²
imperative		—	htjȅdni	—	htjȅdnimo	htjȅdnite	—
active past participle		htȉo m / htjȅla f / htjȅlo n			htjȅli m / htjȅle f / htjȅla 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.