Я хочу виграти.

Хочу is the 1st person singular form of the verb хотіти = to want.

So:

• я хочу = I want
• ти хочеш = you want
• він/вона хоче = he/she wants

Because the subject is я (I), the verb has to be хочу.

After хочу (I want), Ukrainian normally uses the infinitive:

• Я хочу виграти. = I want to win.

Here:

• виграти = to win (infinitive)
• виграю = I will win / I win depending on context

So Я хочу виграю would be wrong, because after хочу you need to win, not I will win.

Ukrainian does not use a separate word like English to before an infinitive.

Instead, the infinitive is built into the verb form itself. In this sentence:

• виграти = to win

A very common infinitive ending is -ти.

So you can think of -ти as part of what makes the verb mean to ....

Yes. Very often, Ukrainian drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the person clear.

So both are possible:

• Я хочу виграти.
• Хочу виграти.

Both mean I want to win.

The version with я is a bit more explicit and can add emphasis or clarity. The version without it is very natural in everyday speech.

Виграти is perfective. That means it focuses on the result: to win successfully, to achieve the win.

Its imperfective partner is usually вигравати.

Compare:

• Я хочу виграти. = I want to win (one completed success)
• Я хочу вигравати. = I want to be winning / win regularly / keep winning

For a single desired result, виграти is the natural choice.

Yes, they are related in form, but they do not mean the same thing.

• грати = to play
• виграти = to win

So:

• Я хочу грати. = I want to play.
• Я хочу виграти. = I want to win.

This is an important distinction for learners, because the English ideas play and win are different verbs in Ukrainian too.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Я ≈ ya
• хочу ≈ KHO-chu
• виграти ≈ VYH-ra-ty

A few useful notes:

• х sounds like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach, not like English h
• г in Ukrainian is usually a voiced h-like sound, not a hard English g
• Stress:
  • хочу → stress on the second syllable: хоЧУ
  • виграти → stress on the first syllable: ВИграти

So roughly: ya kho-CHU VYH-ra-ty

Yes. Ukrainian word order is flexible, although Я хочу виграти is the most neutral and straightforward order.

For example:

• Я хочу виграти. = neutral
• Виграти я хочу. = emphasizes win
• Хочу виграти. = natural, with omitted я

The basic meaning stays the same, but the emphasis can shift depending on word order and context.

Both can be translated as to win, but they are used a little differently.

Виграти often means winning a game, match, contest, prize, or something concrete:

• виграти гру = to win a game
• виграти приз = to win a prize

Перемогти more often means to defeat an opponent or to overcome something:

• перемогти суперника = to defeat an opponent
• перемогти страх = to overcome fear

So in a general sentence like Я хочу виграти, виграти is very natural.

You add не before хочу:

• Я не хочу виграти.

That is the normal way to negate the sentence.

You can also omit я if the context is clear:

• Не хочу виграти.

But the full version is often easier for learners to recognize.

Usually you use the accusative case for the thing won.

Examples:

• Я хочу виграти гру. = I want to win the game.
• Я хочу виграти матч. = I want to win the match.
• Я хочу виграти приз. = I want to win the prize.

So виграти commonly takes a direct object in the accusative.

It is completely fine by itself.

Я хочу виграти. naturally means I want to win, even without saying what you want to win. The object can be omitted when it is obvious, unknown, or simply not important.

That works in Ukrainian just as it does in English.