I can talk about plans: what I want to and am going to do, what I'm not going to do — and ask the person I'm talking to about their plans.
Plans: “I want to” and “I'm going to”
Plans: “I want to” and “I'm going to”
Why: to say what you want to do or are going to do. Time words: ertaga, kelasi hafta (next week), tez orada (soon), keyinroq (later).
How: the verb stem + -moqchi + a personal ending of the first set, the same as in talabaman (“I'm a student”): ketmoqchiman, ketmoqchisan, ketmoqchisiz, ketmoqchimiz. In the third person there is no ending: U ketmoqchi. The easy way: add -chi to the dictionary form in -moq. English “want to go” is two verbs; Uzbek is one word.
“I don't want to, I'm not going to”: after the form comes emas with a personal ending, as after a noun: ketmoqchi emasman. No -ma- here.
A question takes the particle -mi, also as after a noun: in the second person before the personal ending (Ketmoqchimisiz?), in the third at the end (U ketmoqchimi?). With a question word there is no particle: Nima qilmoqchisiz?
Keyinroq is keyin plus the familiar -roq: “later”. Balki, “maybe”, usually starts the sentence.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men ketmoqchi” → ketmoqchiman
• NOT “ketamoqchiman” → ketmoqchiman
• NOT “Men ketmoqchiman emas” → ketmoqchi emasman
“Want to, be going to”: the verb yozmoq (to write)
At this level you don't need to ask about yourself — those cells are empty.
| Who | Yes | No | Question |
|---|---|---|---|
| men (I) | yozmoqchiman | yozmoqchi emasman | — |
| sen (you, informal) | yozmoqchisan | yozmoqchi emassan | yozmoqchimisan? |
| siz (you, formal, to one person) | yozmoqchisiz | yozmoqchi emassiz | yozmoqchimisiz? |
| u (he, she) | yozmoqchi | yozmoqchi emas | yozmoqchimi? |
| biz (we) | yozmoqchimiz | yozmoqchi emasmiz | — |
| sizlar (you, to several people) | yozmoqchisizlar | yozmoqchi emassizlar | yozmoqchimisizlar? |
| ular (they) | yozmoqchi(lar) | yozmoqchi emas(lar) | yozmoqchimi? |
Lesson notes
Plans: “I want to” and “I'm going to”
Why: to say what you want to do or are going to do. Time words: ertaga, kelasi hafta (next week), tez orada (soon), keyinroq (later).
How: the verb stem + -moqchi + a personal ending of the first set, the same as in talabaman (“I'm a student”): ketmoqchiman, ketmoqchisan, ketmoqchisiz, ketmoqchimiz. In the third person there is no ending: U ketmoqchi. The easy way: add -chi to the dictionary form in -moq. English “want to go” is two verbs; Uzbek is one word.
“I don't want to, I'm not going to”: after the form comes emas with a personal ending, as after a noun: ketmoqchi emasman. No -ma- here.
A question takes the particle -mi, also as after a noun: in the second person before the personal ending (Ketmoqchimisiz?), in the third at the end (U ketmoqchimi?). With a question word there is no particle: Nima qilmoqchisiz?
Keyinroq is keyin plus the familiar -roq: “later”. Balki, “maybe”, usually starts the sentence.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men ketmoqchi” → ketmoqchiman
• NOT “ketamoqchiman” → ketmoqchiman
• NOT “Men ketmoqchiman emas” → ketmoqchi emasman