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Môcť, musieť, and chcieť take the same infinitive — ability, obligation, and want side by side.
In a sentence
môcť — ability
Môžem čítať knihy.
I can read books.
musieť — obligation (see musieť)
Musím čítať knihy.
I have to read books.
chcieť — want (see chcieť)
Chcem čítať knihy.
I want to read books.
Other
Prídem, keď budem môcť.
I will come when I can.
Examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
Source
Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Includes Tatoeba example sentences when present.
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