-(i)b ketmoq

Suddenly or Away: -(i)b Ketmoq

Level 4

Verb in -(i)b + ketmoq = away, or suddenly and strongly: olib ketdi (took it away), charchab ketdim (I got really tired).

How It Works

This is one of the helper verbs that follow a verb in -(i)b.

1. Building the form
Take the verb stem (the dictionary form without -moq) and add -ib after a consonant or -b after a vowel. Then add the helper verb, which carries the tense and the person:

  • chiq- → chiqib ketdi (he went out)
  • charcha- → charchab ketdim (I got really tired)
  • oʻzgar- → oʻzgarib ketdi (it changed completely)

2. Away from here
chiqib ketmoq (to go out, to walk out), olib ketmoq (to take away), uchib ketmoq (to fly away), qochib ketmoq (to run away). With the same verbs, kelmoq points toward the speaker: olib keldi (brought it) but olib ketdi (took it away).

3. A sudden or strong change
With feelings, states and falls, ketmoq says the change came over the subject quickly or went far: charchab ketmoq (to get really tired), qoʻrqib ketmoq (to get a fright), yiqilib ketmoq (to fall over), sovib ketmoq (to go cold), oʻzgarib ketmoq (to change a lot).

4. Left behind
qolib ketmoq means to get left behind by accident: Sumkam avtobusda qolib ketdi (My bag got left on the bus).

5. ketmoq or yubormoq?
ketmoq goes with changes that come over you, like tiredness or fear. -(i)b yubormoq goes with things you suddenly do, like laughing or spilling. So charchab ketdim, but kulib yubordim.

With -(i)bdi it often reports a change the speaker has just noticed: Toshkent juda oʻzgarib ketibdi! (Tashkent has really changed!)

Examples (6)

  1. U hech narsa demasdan chiqib ketdi.

    He walked out without saying anything.

    Word by Word: He no thing without-saying going-out left.

  2. Kimdir soyabonimni olib ketibdi.

    Someone has taken my umbrella.

    Word by Word: Someone umbrella-my-(obj.) taking left-(realized).

    The -ibdi form shows the speaker has just found out.

  3. Muz ustida yiqilib ketdim.

    I fell over on the ice.

    Word by Word: Ice top-its-on falling left-I.

  4. Bugun juda charchab ketdim.

    I got really tired today.

    Word by Word: Today very tiring left-I.

  5. Choyingiz sovib ketdi.

    Your tea has gone cold.

    Word by Word: Tea-your cooling left.

  6. Toshkent juda oʻzgarib ketibdi!

    Tashkent has really changed!

    Word by Word: Tashkent very changing left-(realized)!

Common Mistakes

  • Using ketmoq when the action comes toward the speaker.

    Doʻkondan non olib ketdim.
    Doʻkondan non olib keldim.

    Intended: I brought bread from the shop. olib ketmoq means to take something away from here. To bring it here, use olib kelmoq.

  • Adding -b instead of -ib after a consonant.

    Muz ustida yiqilb ketdim.
    Muz ustida yiqilib ketdim.

    yiqil- ends in a consonant, so it takes -ib: yiqilib.

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-(i)b ketmoqLevel 4Suddenly or Away: -(i)b Ketmoq

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Builds on Helper Verbs After -(i)b and -a.

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