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Romance Languages Verbs: Conjugations of Want (vouloir / volere / voler / querer / querer)

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English	French	Italian	Catalan	Spanish	Portuguese
Infinitive: to want	vouloir	volere	voler	querer	querer

Present: want(s)	veux	voglio / vò	vull	quiero	quero
	veux	vuoi	vols	quieres	queres
	veut	vuole	vol	quiere	quer
	voulons	vogliamo	volem	queremos	queremos
	voulez	volete	voleu	queréis	quereis
	veulent	vogliono	volen	quieren	querem

Imperfect: wanted/used to want	voulais	volevo	volia	quería	queria
	voulais	volevi	volies	querías	querias
	voulait	voleva	volia	quería	queria
	voulions	volevamo	volíem	queríamos	queríamos
	vouliez	volevate	volíeu	queríais	queríeis
	voulaient	volevano	volien	querían	queriam

Preterite: wanted	voulus	volli /volsi	volguí	quise	quis
(rare in French or Italian speech)	voulus	volesti	volgueres	quisiste	quiseste
(alternative Catalan below)	voulut	volle / volse	volgué	quiso	quis
	voulûmes	volemmo	volguérem	quisimos	quisemos
	voulûtes	voleste	volguéreu	quisisteis	quisestes
	voulurent	vollero / volsero	volgueren	quisieron	quiseram

Future: will want	voudrai	vorrò	voldré	querré	quererei
	voudras	vorrai	voldràs	querrás	quererás
	voudra	vorrà	voldrà	querrá	quererá
	voudrons	vorremo	voldrem	querremos	quereremos
	voudrez	vorrete	voldreu	querréis	querereis
	voudront	vorranno	voldran	querrán	quererão

Conditional: would want	voudrais	vorrei	voldria	querría	quereria
	voudrais	vorresti	voldries	querrías	quererias
	voudrait	vorrebbe	voldria	querría	quereria
	voudrions	vorremmo	voldríem	querríamos	quereríamos
	voudriez	vorreste	voldríeu	querríais	quereríeis
	voudraient	vorrebbero	voldrien	querrían	quereriam

Present Subjunctive: want(s)	veuille	voglia	vulgui	quiera	queira
	veuilles	voglia	vulguis	quieras	queiras
	veuille	voglia	vulgui	quiera	queira
	voulions	vogliamo	vulguem	queramos	queiramos
	vouliez	vogliate	vulgueu	queráis	queirais
	veuillent	vogliano	vulguin	quieran	queiram

Imperfect Subjunctive: wanted	voulusse	volessi	volgués	quisiera	quisesse
(rare in French speech)	voulusses	volessi	volguessis	quisieras	quisesses
(alternative Spanish below)	voulût	volesse	volgués	quisiera	quisesse
	voulussions	volessimo	volguéssim	quisiéramos	quiséssemos
	voulussiez	voleste	volguéssiu	quisierais	quisésseis
	voulussent	volessero	volguessin	quisieran	quisessem

Affirmative Imperative
Singular familiar you	veux / veuille	vogli	vulgues	quiere	quer
Singular formal you	voulez / veuillez	voglia	vulgui	quiera	queira
Let's...	voulons / veuillons	vogliamo	vulguem	queramos	queiramos
Plural familiar you	voulez / veuillez	vogliate	vulgueu	quered	querei
Plural formal you	voulez / veuillez	vogliano	vulguin	quieran	queiram

Negative Imperative
Singular familiar you	ne veuille pas	non volere	no vulguis	no quieras	não queiras
Singular formal you	ne veuillez pas	non voglia	no vulgui	no quiera	não queira
Let's not...	ne veuillons pas	non vogliamo	no vulguem	no queramos	não queiramos
Plural familiar you	ne veuillez pas	non vogliate	no vulgueu	no queráis	não queirais
Plural formal you	ne veuillez pas	non vogliano	no vulguin	no quieran	não queiram

Gerund: wanting Present Participle: wanting	en voulant voulant	volendo volente	volent	queriendo	querendo
Past Participle: wanted	voulu	voluto	volgut	querido	querido

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses	avoir	avere	haver	haber	ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig voler
vas voler
va voler
vam voler
vau voler
van voler

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

quisiera / quisiese
quisieras / quisieses
quisiera / quisiese
quisiéramos / quisiésemos
quisierais / quisieseis
quisieran / quisiesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish	Portuguese
quisiere	quiser
quisieres	quiseres
quisiere	quiser
quisiéremos	quisermos
quisiereis	quiserdes
quisieren	quiserem

The personal infinitive in Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

querer
quereres
querer
querermos
quererdes
quererem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

quisera
quiseras
quisera
quiséramos
quiséreis
quiseram