-(a)digan (kelasi zamon)
Going to and Usually with -(a)digan
Add a person ending to -(a)digan to talk about a plan: Ertaga boradiganman (I am going tomorrow).
How It Works
Form. Take the -(a)digan form and add the same person endings as in talabaman (I am a student):
- bor- + -adigan + -man → boradiganman (I am going to go)
- boradigansan (you, familiar), boradiganmiz (we), boradigansiz (you, polite)
- Negative: bor- + -ma- + -ydigan + -man → bormaydiganman (I am not going to go)
The person ending is written as part of the word: boradiganman, never boradigan man.
A plan or a decision. Compare Ertaga boraman (I will go tomorrow) with Ertaga boradiganman (I am going tomorrow; it is settled). The -adigan form presents the action as already arranged. It also suits promises and resolutions: Endi kech qolmaydiganman (I will not be late anymore).
With edi: past habits. Put edi after -adigan, and move the person ending onto edi: yuguradigan edim (I used to run). This means almost the same as -ar edi: yugurar edim.
With edi: a plan in the past. The same words can also mean was supposed to, often for a plan that did not happen: Mehmonlar bugun keladigan edi, lekin kelmadi (The guests were supposed to come today, but they did not come).
For deciding or coming to do something, see -(a)digan boʻlmoq.
Examples (5)
- Ertaga Samarqandga boradiganman.
I'm going to Samarkand tomorrow.
Word by Word: Tomorrow Samarkand-to going-I-am.
The trip is planned, not just possible.
- Biz yozda dengizga boradiganmiz.
We are going to the seaside in the summer.
Word by Word: We summer-in sea-to going-we-are.
-miz says we.
- Endi kech qolmaydiganman.
I won't be late anymore.
Word by Word: Now late not-staying-I-am.
A promise: -ma- makes it negative.
- Ilgari har kuni yuguradigan edim.
I used to run every day.
Word by Word: Before every day running I-was.
With edi, the person ending moves onto edi.
- Mehmonlar bugun keladigan edi, lekin kelmadi.
The guests were supposed to come today, but they didn't come.
Word by Word: Guests today coming were, but did-not-come.
Here -adigan edi is a plan that did not happen.
Common Mistakes
Leaving off the person ending after men.
Men ertaga boradigan.Men ertaga boradiganman.To say I am going, the form needs -man, just like talabaman (I am a student).
Writing the person ending as a separate word.
Ertaga boradigan man.Ertaga boradiganman.-man is an ending, so it is written as part of the word.
Putting the person ending before edi.
Ilgari har kuni yuguradiganman edi.Ilgari har kuni yuguradigan edim.With edi, only edi takes the person ending: yuguradigan edim.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on The Future-Habitual Participle -(a)digan and Intending To Do Something.
Related Patterns
- -a/-yPresent-Future Tense
Boraman also talks about the future, but boradiganman sounds more settled.
Level 1 - -ar ediUsed to: -ar Edi
-ar edi also describes past habits, and yugurar edim means about the same as yuguradigan edim.
Level 3 - ediWas and Were: Edi
Edi carries the person ending in the past forms: yuguradigan edim.
Level 2 - -(a)digan boʻlmoqComing to Do Something
With boʻlmoq, the form says someone came to do something or decided to: boradigan boʻldim.
Level 4
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