Да + Present: Хоћу да идем

After verbs such as хтети (want), морати (must), моћи (can), желети (wish), волети (like) and почињати (begin), Serbian usually adds да and a second verb in the present tense. When the same person does both actions, both verbs are in the same person:

• Хоћу да идем (I want to go)
• Морамо да радимо (We have to work)
• Деца почињу да читају (Children start reading)

Do not put the infinitive after да: say да идем, never да ићи.
In Serbia, да + present is the most frequent choice in speech. The plain infinitive without да is also standard, especially in writing: Морам ићи, Могу читати. In this lesson you practise the да form.