htio sam

Wanted: Htio

Level 3

Htio sam means I wanted. The verb changes for gender and number.

How It Works

The past of htjeti has the stem htj- in most forms. Only the masculine singular is shorter: htio.

It is a perfect tense, so you need a form of biti: htio sam, htio si, htio je, htjeli smo, htjeli ste, htjeli su.

After it you usually add an infinitive or da and a present form: Htio sam doći or Htio sam da dođem.

The negative is nisam htio, for example Nisam htio kafu (I did not want coffee).

In Bosnian the ijekavian forms are htio and htjela. The ekavian forms hteo and htela are Serbian.

Htio sam doći, ali nisam mogao.
I wanted to come, but I could not.
Htio is masculine, because a man is speaking.
Htjela je ostati kod kuće.
She wanted to stay at home.
Htjela is feminine.
Nisu htjeli kafu.
They did not want coffee.
Htjeli is the masculine plural.
Amir je htio kupiti auto.
Amir wanted to buy a car.
Je is the helping verb for on.

Using the ekavian form.
Htela sam doći.
Htjela sam doći.
Bosnian uses the ijekavian form htjela.
Using a present verb after htjela.
Htjela sam dolazim.
Htjela sam doći.
After htjela use an infinitive, or da and the present.

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htio samLevel 3Wanted: Htio

Htio sam is the perfect of hoću.

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