zaželjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zažèleti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From za- +‎ željeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaʒěʎeti/
• Hyphenation: za‧že‧lje‧ti

Verb

zažèljeti pf (Cyrillic spelling зажѐљети)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaželjeti

Infinitive: zaželjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zažèljēvši		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		zaželim	zaželiš	zaželi	zaželimo	zaželite	zažele
Future	Future I	zaželjet ću1 zaželjeću	zaželjet ćeš1 zaželjećeš	zaželjet će1 zaželjeće	zaželjet ćemo1 zaželjećemo	zaželjet ćete1 zaželjećete	zaželjet će1 zaželjeće
	Future II	bȕdēm zaželio2	bȕdēš zaželio2	bȕdē zaželio2	bȕdēmo zaželjeli2	bȕdēte zaželjeli2	bȕdū zaželjeli2
Past	Perfect	zaželio sam2	zaželio si2	zaželio je2	zaželjeli smo2	zaželjeli ste2	zaželjeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zaželio2	bȉo si zaželio2	bȉo je zaželio2	bíli smo zaželjeli2	bíli ste zaželjeli2	bíli su zaželjeli2
	Aorist	zaželjeh	zaželje	zaželje	zaželjesmo	zaželjeste	zaželješe
Conditional I		zaželio bih2	zaželio bi2	zaželio bi2	zaželjeli bismo2	zaželjeli biste2	zaželjeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zaželio2	bȉo bi zaželio2	bȉo bi zaželio2	bíli bismo zaželjeli2	bíli biste zaželjeli2	bíli bi zaželjeli2
Imperative		—	zaželi	—	zaželimo	zaželite	—
Active past participle		zaželio m / zaželjela f / zaželjelo n			zaželjeli m / zaželjele f / zaželjela 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

• “zaželjeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024