željeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

žèleti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒěʎeti/
Hyphenation: že‧lje‧ti

Verb

žèljeti impf (Cyrillic spelling жѐљети)

(transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)
željeti sretan put - to wish "Bon Voyage"

Conjugation

Conjugation of *željeti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		željeti
present verbal adverb		žèlēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		žèljēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		želim	želiš	želi	želimo	želite	žele
future	future I	željet ću¹ željeću	željet ćeš¹ željećeš	željet će¹ željeće	željet ćemo¹ željećemo	željet ćete¹ željećete	željet ćē¹ željeće
future	future II	bȕdēm želio²	bȕdēš želio²	bȕdē želio²	bȕdēmo željeli²	bȕdēte željeli²	bȕdū željeli²
past	perfect	želio sam²	želio si²	želio je²	željeli smo²	željeli ste²	željeli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam želio²	bȉo si želio²	bȉo je želio²	bíli smo željeli²	bíli ste željeli²	bíli su željeli²
	imperfect	željah	željaše	željaše	željasmo	željaste	željahu
conditional	conditional I	želio bih²	želio bi²	želio bi²	željeli bismo²	željeli biste²	željeli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih želio²	bȉo bi želio²	bȉo bi želio²	bíli bismo željeli²	bíli biste željeli²	bíli bi željeli²
imperative		—	želi	—	želimo	želite	—
active past participle		želio m / željela f / željelo n			željeli m / željele f / željela 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.
*Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Related terms

želja