xohlamoq
To Want
Xohlamoq means to want: Nima xohlaysiz? (What would you like?), Uyga borishni xohlayman (I want to go home).
How It Works
Wanting a thing
With a thing, xohlamoq works like any verb with an object. A general thing takes no ending, and a specific one takes -ni:
- Choy xohlaysizmi? Would you like some tea?
- Qaysi birini xohlaysiz? Which one would you like?
Wanting to do something
Turn the action into a verb noun with The Verb Noun -(i)sh and add -ni: Uyga borishni xohlayman (I want to go home), U shifokor boʻlishni xohlaydi (She wants to become a doctor).
Wanting someone else to do something
Put that person's possessive ending on the verb noun: Kelishingizni xohlayman (I want you to come). See For Someone To Do: -ishini.
Polite and useful forms
- Nima xohlaysiz? What would you like? (heard in shops and cafés)
- Xohlasangiz if you like (If: -sa): Xohlasangiz, birga boramiz
The verb is spelled with x: xohlamoq, and the noun is xohish (wish). The synonym istamoq is a little more formal.
Three ways to talk about wanting
- xohlamoq a general want: Uyga borishni xohlayman
- Intending To Do Something a plan or intention: Uyga bormoqchiman
- Feeling Like Doing Something a sudden feeling: Uyga borgim keldi
Examples (6)
- Nima xohlaysiz?
What would you like?
Word by Word: What want-you?
- Uyga borishni xohlayman.
I want to go home.
Word by Word: Home-to going-object want-I.
The action is an -ish verb noun with -ni.
- Choy xohlaysizmi?
Would you like some tea?
Word by Word: Tea want-you-question?
A general thing takes no ending.
- U shifokor boʻlishni xohlaydi.
She wants to become a doctor.
Word by Word: She doctor becoming-object wants.
- Xohlasangiz, birga boramiz.
If you like, we can go together.
Word by Word: Want-if-you, together go-we.
- Men hech narsa xohlamayman.
I don't want anything.
Word by Word: I no thing want-not-I.
Common Mistakes
Putting a conjugated verb before xohlamoq.
Men uyga boraman xohlayman.Men uyga borishni xohlayman.The action must be a verb noun with -ni: borishni.
Copying the English "want you to" pattern.
Men sizni kelishni xohlayman.Men kelishingizni xohlayman.To want someone else to act, put their possessive ending on the verb noun: kelishingizni.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on The Verb Noun -(i)sh and Intending To Do Something.
Related Patterns
- -gim keladiFeeling Like Doing Something
-gim keladi expresses a sudden feeling or urge.
Level 2 - -ishiniFor Someone to Do: -ishini
Kelishingizni xohlayman: wanting someone else to do something.
Level 4 - yaxshi koʻrmoqLiking and Loving
Yaxshi koʻrmoq is liking something; xohlamoq is wanting it.
Level 2 - -saIf: -sa
Xohlasangiz (if you like) is a common polite phrase.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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