Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈxci̯ɛːci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈxciːci/

Verb edit

chtieti impf

  1. to want
    chtieti rád něčemuto want something very much
    chtieti radějí něčemuto prefer something
    Chce sě mi píti.I'd like to drink.
  2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
    Že chceš vždy v krčmě ležěti, dietky chtie hladem zemřieti.
    As you only want to sit in the pub, the children will die of hunger.
    Zlý člověk to chce býti.It must be a bad man.

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Descendants edit

  • Czech: chtít

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Verb edit

chtieti

  1. Obsolete spelling of htjeti