Chci nahlásit krádež.

to want

Breakdown of Chci nahlásit krádež.

• krádež: the theft
• nahlásit: to report

Questions & Answers about Chci nahlásit krádež.

What does chci mean, and what verb is it from?

Chci means I want.

It comes from the verb chtít = to want.

This is the 1st person singular present-tense form:

• (já) chci = I want
• (ty) chceš = you want
• (on/ona) chce = he/she wants

Czech often leaves out the subject pronoun, so Já chci nahlásit krádež and Chci nahlásit krádež both mean the same thing, but the version without já is more natural in most situations.

Why is there no word for to before nahlásit?

In Czech, after a verb like chci (I want), the next verb usually just appears in the infinitive.

So:

• chci nahlásit = I want to report

There is no separate word like English to here.

A very common Czech pattern is:

• chci jít = I want to go
• musím pracovat = I must work
• můžu přijít = I can come

So chci nahlásit krádež is a completely normal structure.

What exactly is nahlásit?