-ishini

For Someone to Do: -ishini

Level 4

Verb + -(i)sh + possessive + -ni = for someone to do: Kelishingizni kutaman (I will be waiting for you to come), Uning ketishini istamayman (I do not want him to leave).

How It Works

Use -ishini mostly when the action has not happened yet and someone wants, expects or asks for it. It can also name a habit: Uning har kuni yugurishini bilaman (I know that he runs every day).

1. Building the form
Take the verb noun -(i)sh: -ish after a consonant, -sh after a vowel. Then add the possessive ending and -ni:

  • kel-: kelishimni, kelishingni, kelishini, kelishimizni, kelishingizni, kelishlarini
  • oʻqi-: oʻqishini (for him or her to study)
  • ishla-: ishlashini (for him or her to work)

2. Which verbs come after it
Verbs of wanting, waiting, asking and telling:

  • Uning ketishini istamayman (I do not want him to leave), like xohlamoq
  • Kelishingizni kutaman (I will be waiting for you to come)
  • Oʻqituvchi bizdan jim oʻtirishimizni soʻradi (The teacher asked us to sit quietly). The person asked takes -dan.
  • Onam non olib kelishimni aytdi (My mother told me to bring bread).

3. With a question word
After bilmayman (I do not know), it means what to do or where to go: Endi nima qilishimni bilmayman (I do not know what to do now).

4. Compare the neighbours
Without a possessive ending, -ishni bilmoq means knowing how to do something yourself: Suzishni bilaman (I know how to swim). For something that already happened, use -ganini: U kelganini bilaman (I know that he came).

Examples (6)

  1. Kelishingizni kutaman.

    I will be waiting for you to come.

    Word by Word: Your-coming-(obj.) I-wait.

  2. Uning ketishini istamayman.

    I do not want him to leave.

    Word by Word: His leaving-his-(obj.) I-don't-want.

  3. Oʻqituvchi bizdan jim oʻtirishimizni soʻradi.

    The teacher asked us to sit quietly.

    Word by Word: Teacher us-from quiet our-sitting-(obj.) asked.

    The person being asked takes -dan.

  4. Onam non olib kelishimni aytdi.

    My mother told me to bring bread.

    Word by Word: Mother-my bread my-bringing-(obj.) said.

  5. Endi nima qilishimni bilmayman.

    I do not know what to do now.

    Word by Word: Now what my-doing-(obj.) I-don't-know.

  6. Bu ishni ertagacha tugatishlarini xohlayman.

    I want them to finish this work by tomorrow.

    Word by Word: This work-(obj.) tomorrow-until their-finishing-(obj.) I-want.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving out the possessive ending when someone else does the action.

    Uning ketishni istamayman.
    Uning ketishini istamayman.

    ketishni without an ending means leaving in general. When another person will do it, the -ish form needs that person’s ending: uning ketishini.

  • Adding -ish to a stem that ends in a vowel.

    Ukamning koʻproq kitob oʻqiishini xohlayman.
    Ukamning koʻproq kitob oʻqishini xohlayman.

    After a vowel, the verb noun is just -sh: oʻqi- + -sh = oʻqish, so the form is oʻqishini.

How It Connects

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-ishiniLevel 4For Someone to Do: -ishini

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Builds on The Verb Noun -(i)sh and That Something Happened: -ganini.

Words in This Pattern

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