will*1 [wil, wəl]
nedoločnik in velelnik manjkata
1. in 3. os. ednina will
2. os. ednina (you) will
zastarelo (thou) wilt
množina will
preteklik would [wud, wəd]
2. os. preteklik , zastarelo (thou) wouldst
pretekli deležnik wold [wóuld] would
I. pomožni (s sledečim nedoločnikom brez to)
1. (za tvorbo prihodnjega časa za 2. in 3. os. ednine in množine, za izražanje obljube ali namena tudi za 1. os. ednine in množine)
he will see very soon bo kmalu videl
I will not come back ne bo me (več) nazaj
2.
hoteti, biti voljan ali pripravljen:
will (would) you pass me the bread, please mi hočete (bi mi hoteli) podati kruh, prosim?
the wound will not heal rana se noče (ne mara) zaceliti
boys will be boys dečki hočejo (pač) biti dečki, mladost se mora iznoreti
3.
(v pogojnih stavkih):
he would do it if he could on bi to naredil, ko bi mogel
4.
biti navajen, imeti navado:
he will sit here for hours ima navado ure in ure tu presedeti
she would take a short walk every day imela je navado iti vsak dan na kratek sprehod
it would appear kazno je
II. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
hoteti, želeti:
what will you? kaj hočeš (želiš)?
as you will kakor hočeš
I would it were otherwise! hotel (želel) bi, da bi bilo drugače!
(I) would I were a bird! hotel bi biti ptica!
I will to God! bog daj!
I could not do it even if I would ne bi mogel storiti tega, tudi če bi hotel