hteti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• htjȅti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited 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)

1. (transitive) to wish, want, desire
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

   Nije mi se htelo ― I didn't feel like it

4. to be known to, to tend to

   Synonym: znati

   Leukociti hoće da padnu kod virusnih infekcija.

   Leucocytes tend to decrease in cases of viral infections.

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		htēći/htȉjūći
past verbal adverb		htȇvši/hòtēvši
verbal noun		hténje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
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 ćē1 hteće
	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	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 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.