On želi preživjeti težak dan.

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Breakdown of On želi preživjeti težak dan.

• dan: day
• težak: hard
• željeti: to want

Questions & Answers about On želi preživjeti težak dan.

Is the subject pronoun on (he) required, or can it be left out?

In Croatian, on is not required. Croatian is a pro‑drop language: the verb ending already shows the person.

• On želi preživjeti težak dan. – He wants to survive a difficult day.
• Želi preživjeti težak dan. – (He) wants to survive a difficult day.

Both are correct. You include on when:

• you want to emphasize he (not someone else),
• or to avoid ambiguity in a longer context.

What form of the verb is želi, and how does it conjugate?

Želi is the 3rd person singular, present tense of željeti (to want).

Present tense of željeti (standard Ijekavian form):

• ja želim – I want
• ti želiš – you (sg) want
• on/ona/ono želi – he/she/it wants
• mi želimo – we want
• vi želite – you (pl/formal) want
• oni/one/ona žele – they want

So in the sentence, želi agrees with on (he).

Why is preživjeti in the infinitive form after želi?