-moqchi
Intending to Do Something
-moqchi turns a verb into a plan or intention: Buxoroga bormoqchiman (I want to go to Bukhara, I am planning to go to Bukhara).
How It Works
How to build it
Remove -moq from the dictionary form, add -moqchi, then add a personal ending. The stem never changes, so this is one of the easiest verb forms in Uzbek.
- bor-moqchi-man → bormoqchiman (I plan to go)
- bormoqchisan (you plan to go, familiar)
- bormoqchi (he or she plans to go; no ending)
- bormoqchimiz (we plan to go)
- bormoqchisiz (you plan to go, polite)
- bormoqchi or bormoqchilar (they plan to go)
These are the endings from I Am: -man, and the third person takes none, as in Third Person Takes No Ending.
Questions and the negative
Because -moqchi behaves like a noun sentence, it is negated with emas, not with -ma- (see Saying Something Is Not): Ertaga kelmoqchi emasman (I am not planning to come tomorrow). In a question, -mi goes before the personal ending, just as in Talabamisiz?: Siz ham bormoqchimisiz? (Are you planning to go too?)
Useful everyday phrases
- Nima demoqchisiz? What do you mean? (literally, what do you want to say?)
- Nima qilmoqchisiz? What are you going to do?
When nobody is planning anything
With weather and other events that nobody controls, -moqchi means something is about to happen: Yomgʻir yogʻmoqchi (It looks like it is going to rain).
Want, feel like, or plan?
-moqchi is about a decision or a plan. For a general wish, use To Want. For a sudden feeling, such as feeling sleepy or hungry for something, use Feeling Like Doing Something. To say you were going to do something but did not, add edi: Was Going To: -moqchi edi.
Examples (6)
- Buxoroga bormoqchiman.
I want to go to Bukhara. / I am planning to go to Bukhara.
Word by Word: Bukhara-to go-intending-I.
-moqchi + -man: the plan belongs to me.
- Nima demoqchisiz?
What do you mean?
Word by Word: What say-intending-you?
A fixed everyday question. Literally, what do you want to say?
- Bugun nima qilmoqchisiz?
What are you planning to do today?
Word by Word: Today what do-intending-you?
- Men arxitektor boʻlmoqchiman.
I want to become an architect.
Word by Word: I architect become-intending-I.
- Ertaga kelmoqchi emasman.
I am not planning to come tomorrow.
Word by Word: Tomorrow come-intending not-I.
The negative uses emas, and the personal ending moves onto emas.
- Yomgʻir yogʻmoqchi.
It looks like it is going to rain.
Word by Word: Rain fall-intending.
With weather, -moqchi means something is about to happen.
Common Mistakes
Leaving off the personal ending for I or we.
Men ertaga bormoqchi.Men ertaga bormoqchiman.Only he, she and they take no ending. With men, add -man: bormoqchiman.
Putting -ma- inside the verb to make the negative.
Ertaga bormamoqchiman.Ertaga bormoqchi emasman.-moqchi works like a noun sentence, so it is negated with emas, and the personal ending goes on emas.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on The Dictionary Form -moq and I Am: -man.
Related Patterns
- -moqchi ediWas Going to: -moqchi Edi
Adding edi puts the plan in the past: kelmoqchi edim (I was going to come).
Level 3 - xohlamoqTo Want
Xohlamoq names a wish; -moqchi names a plan or intention.
Level 2 - -gim keladiFeeling Like Doing Something
Choy ichgim keladi is a passing feeling; choy ichmoqchiman is a decision.
Level 2 - emasSaying Something Is Not
The negative of -moqchi is -moqchi emas: bormoqchi emasman.
Level 1
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