želeti
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
žèleti impf (Cyrillic spelling жѐлети)
- (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 edit
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.
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Derived terms edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *želěti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
želẹ́ti impf
- to wish
Inflection edit
| -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 edit
Further reading edit
- “želeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “želeti”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references