Slovenian for English Speakers

hoteti

hoteti means "to want". It is imperfective.

Negative fuses: nočem, nočeš, noče...

Present

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	hočem	Hočem jesti.	I-want to-eat	I want to eat.
you	hočeš	Kaj hočeš?	what you-want	What do you want?
he, she, it	hoče	Brat hoče kavo.	brother wants coffee	My brother wants a coffee.
we two	hočeva	Midva hočeva iti.	we-two we-two-want to-go	The two of us want to go.
you two	hočeta	Kaj hočeta?	what you-two-want	What do you two want?
they two	hočeta	Brat in sestra hočeta pivo.	brother and sister they-two-want beer	My brother and sister want beer.
we	hočemo	Hočemo iti domov.	we-want to-go home	We want to go home.
you (plural, or formal)	hočete	Kaj hočete?	what you-all-want	What do you want?
they	hočejo	Otroci hočejo jesti.	children want to-eat	The children want to eat.

Past

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	hotel sem / hotela sem	Hotel sem priti.	wanted I-am to-come	I wanted to come.
you	hotel si / hotela si	Kaj si hotela?	what you-are wanted	What did you want? (to a woman)
he, she, it	hotel je / hotela je / hotelo je	Sestra je hotela kavo.	sister is wanted coffee	My sister wanted a coffee.
we two	hotela sva / hoteli sva	Hotela sva iti.	wanted we-two-are to-go	The two of us wanted to go.
you two	hotela sta / hoteli sta	Kaj sta hotela?	what you-two-are wanted	What did you two want?
they two	hotela sta / hoteli sta / hoteli sta	Brat in sestra sta hotela jesti.	brother and sister they-two-are wanted to-eat	My brother and sister wanted to eat.
we	hoteli smo / hotele smo	Hoteli smo pomagati.	wanted we-are to-help	We wanted to help.
you (plural, or formal)	hoteli ste / hotele ste	Kaj ste hoteli?	what you-all-are wanted	What did you want?
they	hoteli so / hotele so / hotela so	Otroci so hoteli spati.	children are wanted to-sleep	The children wanted to sleep.

Future

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	hotel bom / hotela bom	Hotel bom iti.	wanted I-will-be to-go	I will want to go.
you	hotel boš / hotela boš	Kaj boš hotela?	what you-will-be wanted	What will you want? (to a woman)
he, she, it	hotel bo / hotela bo / hotelo bo	Brat bo hotel kavo.	brother will-be wanted coffee	My brother will want a coffee.
we two	hotela bova / hoteli bova	Hotela bova jesti.	wanted we-two-will-be to-eat	The two of us will want to eat.
you two	hotela bosta / hoteli bosta	Kaj bosta hotela?	what you-two-will-be wanted	What will you two want?
they two	hotela bosta / hoteli bosta / hoteli bosta	Brat in sestra bosta hotela iti.	brother and sister they-two-will-be wanted to-go	My brother and sister will want to go.
we	hoteli bomo / hotele bomo	Hoteli bomo pomagati.	wanted we-will-be to-help	We will want to help.
you (plural, or formal)	hoteli boste / hotele boste	Kaj boste hoteli?	what you-all-will-be wanted	What will you want?
they	hoteli bodo / hotele bodo / hotela bodo	Otroci bodo hoteli jesti.	children will-be wanted to-eat	The children will want to eat.

The -l form

Number	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
singular	hotel	hotela	hotelo
dual	hotela	hoteli	hoteli
plural	hoteli	hotele	hotela