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Old East Slavic
Verb
хочу (xoču)
- first-person singular present of хотѣти (xotěti)
Further reading
- Иоанъ, editor (1076), “не хочу”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076], page 113 (57), line -6
- Иоанъ, editor (1076), “хочю”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076], page 189 (95), line 5
Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
хочу́ • (xočú)
- first-person singular present indicative imperfective of хоте́ть (xotétʹ)
- Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 1.41:
Иисус, умилосердившись над ним, простер руку, коснулся его и сказал ему: хочу, очистись.- Iisus, umiloserdivšisʹ nad nim, proster ruku, kosnulsja jevo i skazal jemu: xoču, očistisʹ.
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- Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й. ― Ja xočú imétʹ druzéj. ― I want to have friends.
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Verb
хо́чу • (xóču)
- first-person singular present imperfective of хоті́ти (xotíty)