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RUSSIAN VERB

захотеть

to want, to come to want (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

  1. он he wanted
  2. она she wanted
  3. оно it wanted
  4. они they wanted

Future

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

  1. я I will want
  2. ты you will want
  3. он, она, оно he/she will want
  4. мы we will want
  5. вы you all will want
  6. они they will want

Conditional

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

  1. он he would want
  2. она she would want
  3. оно it would want
  4. они they would want

How to use захотеть

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

  1. Past

    Ночью я вдруг захотела солёных огурцов.

    In the night I suddenly wanted pickled cucumbers.

  2. Future

    Если захочешь, завтра съездим в деревню.

    If you like, tomorrow we'll drive to the village.

  3. Conditional

    Кто бы захотел жить в таком подвале?

    Who would want to live in a basement like that?

Good to know

  • Захотеть is the moment the wanting starts: я захотел пить, I got thirsty. It goes like хотеть: захочу, захочешь, захотим.

Where you hear захотеть

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Она станет, кем захочет. She'll become whatever she wants.
  • Я захотела мороженого ночью. I suddenly wanted ice cream at night.
  • Захочет, будет врачом. If she wants, she'll be a doctor.
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A Girl

Advanced Level 2 · кем захочет

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