boʻlib oʻtmoq
To Take Place
boʻlib oʻtmoq means to take place. The event is the subject: Uchrashuv Toshkentda boʻlib oʻtdi (The meeting took place in Tashkent).
How It Works
How it works. Boʻlib oʻtmoq is a verb pair: the -ib form of boʻlmoq + oʻtmoq. Boʻlib never changes, and oʻtmoq takes the tense:
- boʻlib oʻtdi (took place)
- boʻlib oʻtadi (will take place, takes place)
- boʻlib oʻtmoqda (is taking place)
- boʻlib oʻtgan (that took place): kecha boʻlib oʻtgan oʻyin (the match that took place yesterday)
Events. The subject is an event: uchrashuv (meeting), konsert (concert), oʻyin (match), tadbir (event), saylov (election). For a general What happened?, say Nima boʻldi?
Holding an event. Boʻlib oʻtmoq has no object. To say that someone holds an event, use oʻtkazmoq, made from oʻt- with the causative -kaz: Maktab bayram konserti oʻtkazdi (The school held a holiday concert). Its passive oʻtkazildi (was held) means almost the same as boʻlib oʻtdi.
In the news. Event reports often combine it with munosabati bilan (on the occasion of) or -ga bagʻishlangan (dedicated to).
Examples (6)
- Uchrashuv Toshkentda boʻlib oʻtdi.
The meeting took place in Tashkent.
Word by Word: Meeting Tashkent-in happening passed.
- Konsert shanba kuni kechqurun boʻlib oʻtadi.
The concert will take place on Saturday evening.
Word by Word: Concert Saturday day evening happening passes.
- Kecha boʻlib oʻtgan oʻyinda jamoamiz yutdi.
Our team won the match that took place yesterday.
Word by Word: Yesterday happening passed match-in team-our won.
Boʻlib oʻtgan describes the noun that follows.
- Tadbir qayerda boʻlib oʻtadi?
Where will the event take place?
Word by Word: Event where happening passes?
- Navroʻz munosabati bilan maktabda bayram boʻlib oʻtdi.
A celebration took place at the school on the occasion of Navruz.
Word by Word: Navruz occasion-its with school-at celebration happening passed.
- Maktab bayram konserti oʻtkazdi.
The school held a holiday concert.
Word by Word: School holiday concert-its held.
To say who holds an event, use oʻtkazmoq, which takes an object.
Common Mistakes
Giving boʻlib oʻtmoq an object.
Biz kecha uchrashuvni boʻlib oʻtdik.Biz kecha uchrashuv oʻtkazdik.Boʻlib oʻtmoq means the event itself takes place. To say who held it, use oʻtkazmoq.
Putting the tense on boʻlmoq.
Uchrashuv Toshkentda boʻldi oʻtdi.Uchrashuv Toshkentda boʻlib oʻtdi.Only oʻtmoq changes for tense; boʻlib always keeps the -ib form.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on To Be, To Become and Linking Actions With -(i)b.
Related Patterns
- Helper Verb Constructions: -(i)b / -aHelper Verbs After -(i)b and -a
The wider family of -ib + helper verb pairs.
Level 3 - -ir/-ar, -giz/-kazOther Causative Endings
Makes oʻtkazmoq (to hold an event) from oʻt-.
Level 5 - munosabati bilanOn the Occasion of
Often names the occasion of an event that takes place.
Level 5 - -ga bagʻishlanganDedicated to
Often describes the event that takes place.
Level 5
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