Hoteti, moči, morati, smeti, želeti
There are 5 modal verbs in Slovene:
1) HOTETI: hočem (+), nočem (-) > to want
2) MOČI: / for the positive form we use the word lahko (stays the same for all pearsons and all numbers), ne morem(-) > to be able
3) MORATI: moram (+), ni treba (-) > to have to / to need to
4) SMETI: smem (+), ne smem (-) > to be allowed to
5) ŽELETI: želim (+), ne želim (-) > to wish /to want
After the modal verb we use infinitive form, except with lahko!
HOTETI | MOČI | MORATI | SMETI | ŽELETI |
EDNINA / SINGULAR
jaz | hočem | / | moram | smem | želim |
ti | hočeš | / | moraš | smeš | želiš |
on / ona / ono | hoče | / | mora | sme | želi |
DVOJINA / DUAL
midva | hočeva | / | morava | smeva | želiva |
vidva | hočeta | / | morata | smeta | želita |
onadva | hočeta | / | morata | smeta | želita |
MNOŽINA / PLURAL
mi | hočemo | / | moramo | smemo | želimo |
vi | hočete | / | morate | smete | želite |
oni | hočejo | / | morajo | smejo | želijo |