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RUSSIAN VERB

хотеться

to feel like, to want, word for word to be wanted to someone

  • #42 most used
  • Reflexive verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. it feels like

Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. it felt like

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. it will feel like

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. it would feel like

How to use хотеться

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Мне хочется мороженого, пойдём в парк.

    I feel like ice cream, let's go to the park.

  2. Past

    Вчера мне совсем не хотелось работать.

    Yesterday I didn't feel like working at all.

  3. Future

    После бани тебе будет хотеться только спать.

    After the banya you'll only feel like sleeping.

  4. Conditional

    Мне хотелось бы чаю, если можно.

    I'd like some tea, if that's possible.

Good to know

  • The one who wants is in the dative and the verb stays in the neuter: мне хочется, мне хотелось. Мне хотелось бы is a polite I'd like.

Where you hear хотеться

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Intermediate Level 2

  • Мне хочется спать. I feel like sleeping.
  • Мне хотелось бы супа. I'd love some soup.
  • Вечером тебе будет хотеться спать. In the evening you'll feel like sleeping.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: reflexive verb.