htjeti → hoću

Present of Htjeti

Level 2

The full forms are hoću, hoćeš, hoće, hoćemo, hoćete and hoće. They can express desire or willingness and also appear in future questions.

How It Works

Hoću čaj. expresses wanting tea. With an infinitive, Hoću doći. can express willingness or an emphatic future intention. Tone and context determine how forceful it sounds.

A future question uses a full form before li: Hoćeš li doći? The corresponding neutral statement can use a short auxiliary: Doći ćeš. Full and short forms are not freely interchangeable in every position.

Hoću and hoće also differ in person. Hoću is first-person singular; hoće serves both third-person singular and plural. For a softened request or wish, the conditional htio bih or htjela bih offers a separate construction.

Examples (4)

  1. Hoću čaj.

    I want tea.

    Full hoću expresses desire.

  2. Hoćeš li doći sutra?

    Will you come tomorrow?

    The full form precedes li in a future question.

  3. Hoćemo pomoći.

    We want to help.

    Hoćemo expresses the group’s willingness in this context.

  4. Oni hoće razgovarati.

    They want to talk.

    Hoće has a third-person plural subject.

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htjeti → hoćuLevel 2Present of Htjeti

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Contrast stressed lexical willingness with the short auxiliary already used for future time.

Words in This Pattern

htjeti