želeti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒěleti/
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧ti

Verb

žèleti impf (Cyrillic spelling жѐлети)

  1. (transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)
    Želim da čujem sve, od početka do kraja. ― I want to hear everything, from beginning to end.

Conjugation

Conjugation of želeti
Infinitive: želeti Present verbal adverb: žèlēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: žèljēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present želim želiš želi želimo želite žele
Future Future I želet ću1
želeću 		želet ćeš1
želećeš 		želet će1
želeće 		želet ćemo1
želećemo 		želet ćete1
želećete 		želet će1
želeće
Future II bȕdēm želeo2 bȕdēš želeo2 bȕdē želeo2 bȕdēmo želeli2 bȕdēte želeli2 bȕdū želeli2
Past Perfect želeo sam2 želeo si2 želeo je2 želeli smo2 želeli ste2 želeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam želeo2 bȉo si želeo2 bȉo je želeo2 bíli smo želeli2 bíli ste želeli2 bíli su želeli2
Imperfect željah željaše željaše željasmo željaste željahu
Conditional I želeo bih2 želeo bi2 želeo bi2 želeli bismo2 želeli biste2 želeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih želeo2 bȉo bi želeo2 bȉo bi želeo2 bíli bismo želeli2 bíli biste želeli2 bíli bi želeli2
Imperative — želi — želimo želite —
Active past participle želeo m / želela f / želelo n želeli m / želele f / želela n
Passive past participle željen m / željena f / željeno n željeni m / željene f / željena 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.

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛlèːti/
  • Hyphenation: že‧lé‧ti

Verb

želẹ́ti impf

  1. to wish

Inflection

-eti -im
infinitive želẹ́ti
1st singular želím
infinitive želẹ́ti želet
supine želȅt, želẹ̑t
verbal noun želénje
participle converb
present želȅč —
past želȅn —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular žéleł želẹ̄la želélo
dual želéla želéli želéli
plural želéli želéle želéla
present imperative
1st singular želím —
2nd singular želíš žéli
3rd singular želí —
1st dual želíva želȋva
2nd dual želíta želȋta
3rd dual želíta —
1st plural želímo želȋmo
2nd plural želíte želȋte
3rd plural želíjo —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “želeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “želeti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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