Želim ti sreću.

you

Breakdown of Želim ti sreću.

• želeti: to want
• sreća: luck

Questions & Answers about Želim ti sreću.

What does each word in Želim ti sreću do grammatically?

• Želim = I wish / I want. It is the 1st person singular present tense of želeti.
• ti = to you / you in the dative case.
• sreću = luck in the accusative case.

So the structure is basically:

I wish + to you + luck

which matches the English idea I wish you luck.

Why is it želim, and not ja želim?

In Serbian, subject pronouns are often left out because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• želim already means I wish
• so ja is not necessary

You can say Ja želim ti sreću, but it usually sounds more emphatic, as if you are stressing I.

The neutral, natural version is simply:

Želim ti sreću.

Why is it ti?