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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chtieti,[1] from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.
Pronunciation
Verb
chtít impf
- to want
- (reflexive with se, impersonal) to fancy, to feel like
- Chce se ti tam jít? ― Do you fancy going there?
Usage notes
- With the reflexive to mean feel like, it is used impersonally with the person in the dative case.
- Chce se mi slavit. ― I feel like celebrating. (literally: it wants itself to me to celebrate.).
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive chtít. |
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References
Further reading
- “chtíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chtíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chtít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- František Št. Kott (1878) “chtíti”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: Josef Kolář, page 547
- František Št. Kott (1890) “chtíti”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: František Šimáček, page 443
- Jan Gebauer (1884) “Tvaroslovné výklady a doklady ke slovesům třídy III”, in Listy filologické a paedagogické, volume 11, Prague: Jednota českých filologů, Edvard Grégr, page 453