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željeti

željeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): žèleti

Verb

žèljeti impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling жѐљети)

(transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of željeti

Infinitive: željeti		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	željet ću² željeću	željet ćeš² željećeš	željet će² željeće	željet ćemo² željećemo	željet ćete² željećete	željet će² željeće
Future	Future II	budem želio¹	budeš želio¹	bude želio¹	budemo željeli¹	budete željeli¹	budu željeli¹
Past	Perfect	želio sam¹	želio si¹	želio je¹	željeli smo¹	željeli ste¹	željeli su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam želio¹	bio si želio¹	bio je želio¹	bili smo željeli¹	bili ste željeli¹	bili su željeli¹
	Imperfect	željah	željaše	željaše	željasmo	željaste	željahu
Conditional I		želio bih¹	želio bi¹	želio bi¹	željeli bismo¹	željeli biste¹	željeli bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih želio¹	bio bi želio¹	bio bi želio¹	bili bismo željeli¹	bili biste željeli¹	bili bi željeli¹
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 For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

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