Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: chtít

References

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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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chtieti

  1. Obsolete spelling of htjeti.