poželjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• požèleti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ željeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʒěʎeti/
• Hyphenation: po‧že‧lje‧ti

Verb

požèljeti pf (Cyrillic spelling пожѐљети)

1. (transitive) to wish (+ accusative or genitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of poželjeti

Infinitive: poželjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: požèljēvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		poželim	poželiš	poželi	poželimo	poželite	požele
Future	Future I	poželjet ću1 poželjeću	poželjet ćeš1 poželjećeš	poželjet će1 poželjeće	poželjet ćemo1 poželjećemo	poželjet ćete1 poželjećete	poželjet će1 poželjeće
	Future II	bȕdēm poželio2	bȕdēš poželio2	bȕdē poželio2	bȕdēmo poželjeli2	bȕdēte poželjeli2	bȕdū poželjeli2
Past	Perfect	poželio sam2	poželio si2	poželio je2	poželjeli smo2	poželjeli ste2	poželjeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poželio2	bȉo si poželio2	bȉo je poželio2	bíli smo poželjeli2	bíli ste poželjeli2	bíli su poželjeli2
	Aorist	poželjeh	poželje	poželje	poželjesmo	poželjeste	poželješe
Conditional I		poželio bih2	poželio bi2	poželio bi2	poželjeli bismo2	poželjeli biste2	poželjeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poželio2	bȉo bi poželio2	bȉo bi poželio2	bíli bismo poželjeli2	bíli biste poželjeli2	bíli bi poželjeli2
Imperative		—	poželi	—	poželimo	poželite	—
Active past participle		poželio m / poželjela f / poželjelo n			poželjeli m / poželjele f / poželjela 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

• “poželjeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024