-moqchi edi
Was Going to: -moqchi Edi
-moqchi edi means was going to or meant to: Kecha kelmoqchi edim (I was going to come yesterday).
How It Works
Form. Replace the -moq of the dictionary form with -moqchi, then add edi with the person ending:
- kelmoq → kelmoqchi edim (I was going to come)
- kelmoqchi eding (you, familiar), kelmoqchi edi (he or she), kelmoqchi edik (we), kelmoqchi edingiz (you, polite), kelmoqchi edilar (they)
Negative. Negate with emas, not with -ma-: kelmoqchi emas edim (I did not mean to come).
A plan that changed. It often comes with lekin or ammo and the reason the plan fell through: Kecha kelmoqchi edim, lekin vaqtim boʻlmadi.
A polite wish. In a request, the past makes the wish sound softer, like English I wanted to or I would like to: Sizdan bir narsa soʻramoqchi edim, Shu kitobni sotib olmoqchi edim. Here the speaker still wants it now.
Compare. -(a)digan edi also looks at a plan from the past, but as something arranged: keladigan edi (he was supposed to come). kelmoqchi edi is about what he wanted or meant to do.
Examples (6)
- Kecha kelmoqchi edim, lekin vaqtim boʻlmadi.
I was going to come yesterday, but I had no time.
Word by Word: Yesterday to-come-intending I-was, but my-time did-not-become.
A plan that did not happen.
- Sizdan bir narsa soʻramoqchi edim.
I wanted to ask you something.
Word by Word: You-from one thing to-ask-intending I-was.
A polite way to start a question.
- Biz dengizga bormoqchi edik, ammo havo yomon boʻldi.
We were going to go to the seaside, but the weather turned bad.
Word by Word: We sea-to to-go-intending we-were, but weather bad became.
-k on edi says we.
- Men sizga aytmoqchi edim, lekin unutdim.
I meant to tell you, but I forgot.
Word by Word: I you-to to-tell-intending I-was, but I-forgot.
The intention was real, but it did not happen.
- Men bormoqchi emas edim, lekin doʻstim chaqirdi.
I didn't mean to go, but my friend invited me.
Word by Word: I to-go-intending not I-was, but my-friend called.
The negative uses emas before edi.
- Shu kitobni sotib olmoqchi edim.
I would like to buy this book.
Word by Word: This book-the buying to-take-intending I-was.
A polite wish: the speaker still wants the book.
Common Mistakes
Putting the person ending on -moqchi as well as using edi.
Kecha kelmoqchiman edi.Kecha kelmoqchi edim.With edi, only edi takes the person ending: kelmoqchi edim.
Making the negative with -ma- inside the verb.
Men bormamoqchi edim.Men bormoqchi emas edim.-moqchi is negated with emas: bormoqchi emas edim.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on Intending To Do Something and Was and Were: edi.
Related Patterns
- emasSaying Something Is Not
Emas makes the negative: bormoqchi emas edim.
Level 1 - lekin / ammoBut
Lekin or ammo often follows to say why the plan did not happen.
Level 2 - -(a)digan (kelasi zamon)Going to and Usually with -(a)digan
Keladigan edi means was supposed to come, a plan seen as arranged rather than wanted.
Level 3 - -gan ediHad Done: -gan Edi
-gan edi is another past form with edi, for things that had already happened.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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