желети

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See also: жељети

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒěleti/
  • Hyphenation: же‧ле‧ти

Verb

жѐлети impf (Latin spelling žèleti)

  1. (transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)
    Желим да чујем све, од почетка до краја. ― I want to hear everything, from beginning to end.

Conjugation

Conjugation of желети
Infinitive: желети Present verbal adverb: жѐле̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: жѐље̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present желим желиш жели желимо желите желе
Future Future I желет ћу1
желећу 		желет ћеш1
желећеш 		желет ће1
желеће 		желет ћемо1
желећемо 		желет ћете1
желећете 		желет ће1
желеће
Future II бу̏де̄м желео2 бу̏де̄ш желео2 бу̏де̄ желео2 бу̏де̄мо желели2 бу̏де̄те желели2 бу̏дӯ желели2
Past Perfect желео сам2 желео си2 желео је2 желели смо2 желели сте2 желели су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам желео2 би̏о си желео2 би̏о је желео2 би́ли смо желели2 би́ли сте желели2 би́ли су желели2
Imperfect жељах жељаше жељаше жељасмо жељасте жељаху
Conditional I желео бих2 желео би2 желео би2 желели бисмо2 желели бисте2 желели би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих желео2 би̏о би желео2 би̏о би желео2 би́ли бисмо желели2 би́ли бисте желели2 би́ли би желели2
Imperative — жели — желимо желите —
Active past participle желео m / желела f / желело n желели m / желеле f / желела n
Passive past participle жељен m / жељена f / жељено n жељени m / жељене f / жељена 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.

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