htio bih

Polite Wishes with Htio Bih

Level 3

Htio bih means I would like. It sounds polite.

How It Works

Hoću means I want, and it can sound blunt. In a café or a shop, people often use htio bih or htjela bih.

For ti, on and ona the little word is bi: htio bi, htjela bi.

Bih belongs to the short words, so it can also come after the first word: Ja bih htio kafu.

The same pattern works with željeti and voljeti: željela bih, volio bih.

Another polite option is a question: Mogu li dobiti kafu? You will learn it in this level.

Htio bih kafu.
I would like a coffee.
A man speaks, so the participle is htio.
Htjela bih vodu.
I would like some water.
A woman speaks, so the participle is htjela.
Htjeli bismo sto za dvoje.
We would like a table for two.
Htjeli bismo is the form for mi.
Htio bih nešto pitati.
I would like to ask something.
An infinitive can follow.

Using bi for the first person.
Htio bi kafu.
Htio bih kafu.
Use bih with ja, and bi with the other singular persons.

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htio bihLevel 3Polite Wishes with Htio Bih

Htio bih is a polite wish.

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