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)

1. (transitive) to wish, want, desire

   Hoćeš da ti pomognem? Samo reci kako. ― Do you want me to help you? Just say how.

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, 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 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.

Further reading

• Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “htjȅti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 716
• Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “hòtjeti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 655