-(i)sh (koʻplik)

Plural Verbs with -(i)sh

Level 3

They + stem + -(i)sh + tense: Ular kelishdi (They came), Bolalar oʻynashyapti (The kids are playing).

How It Works

1. The shape
After a consonant add -ish. After a vowel add -sh.

  • kel (come) → kelishdi (they came)
  • ket (leave) → ketishyapti (they are leaving)
  • oʻqi (read, study) → oʻqishadi (they study)
  • oʻyna (play) → oʻynashyapti (they are playing)

2. Where it goes
Stem + -(i)sh + negative + tense: kelishdi, kelishmadi, kelishyapti, kelishadi, kelishgan, kelishsin (let them come).

3. Three ways to say they came

  • Ular keldi. The plain verb is also correct.
  • Ular kelishdi. This is the most common in everyday speech.
  • Ular keldilar. This sounds formal or bookish.

4. Only for they
We and you already have their own person endings, so they do not use this -(i)sh: Biz keldik. (We came.) Siz keldingiz. (You came.) See They.

5. Respect for one person
In everyday speech, people also use -(i)sh for one person they respect, such as a parent or a teacher: Dadam ishga ketishdi. (My father has gone to work.) This works like The Plural of Respect.

6. Not the same as together verbs
Some verbs with -sh are words of their own that mean doing something with someone: gaplashmoq (to talk with), uchrashmoq (to meet). They work with any person: Men u bilan uchrashdim. (I met him.) One of them is kelishmoq (to agree), so Biz kelishdik means we agreed, not we came. See Doing Something Together: -(i)sh.

Examples (6)

  1. Ular kecha kelishdi.

    They came yesterday.

    Word by Word: they yesterday came-(plural)

  2. Mehmonlar ketishyapti.

    The guests are leaving.

    The order is stem + ish + yap + ti: ket-ish-yap-ti.

  3. Bolalar hovlida oʻynashyapti.

    The kids are playing in the yard.

    Oʻyna ends in a vowel, so it takes -sh.

  4. Talabalar imtihonni yaxshi topshirishdi.

    The students did well on the exam.

  5. Qoʻshnilar bizga yordam berishadi.

    The neighbors will help us.

  6. Ular hali kelishmadi.

    They haven't come yet.

    The negative -ma- comes after -ish: kel-ish-ma-di.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting -ish after the negative.

    Ular kelmashdi.
    Ular kelishmadi.

    -(i)sh goes right after the stem, before -ma-: kel-ish-ma-di.

  • Putting -ish after the tense ending.

    Ular keldishi.
    Ular kelishdi.

    -(i)sh comes before the tense ending: kel-ish-di.

  • Using -ish with we.

    Biz kecha kelishdik.
    Biz kecha keldik.

    The speaker means we came yesterday. This -(i)sh is only for they. Biz kelishdik actually means we came to an agreement, from kelishmoq.

How It Connects

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-(i)sh (koʻplik)Level 3Plural Verbs with -(i)sh

Learn This First

Builds on They, Present Continuous -yap and Simple Past -di.