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chtieti

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti. The present iotation ("cht" > "chc") irregularly appearing everywhere except in the 3rd person plural and the presence of those forms without the thematic "e" are said to have originated from the PIE optative (from which Slavic imperatives also evolved). Compare moci which also uses forms without "e".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈxci̯ɛːci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈxciːci/

Verb

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chtieti impf

  1. to want
    chtieti rád něčemuto want something very much
    chtieti radějí něčemuto prefer something
    Chce sě mi píti.I'd like to drink.
  2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
    Že chceš vždy v krčmě ležěti, dietky chtie hladem zemřieti.
    As you only want to sit in the pub, the children will die of hunger.
    Zlý člověk to chce býti.It must be a bad man.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: chtít

References

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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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chtieti ? (Cyrillic spelling цхтиети)

  1. obsolete spelling of htjeti