LingoflyIntention: -moqchi
To say you mean to do something, you do not conjugate "want". The piece -chi sticks to the action name on -moq, and a plan comes out: suzmoqchi — one who is about to swim. For example: “Biz qayiqda suzmoqchimiz” — We want to go boating. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To say you mean to do something, you do not conjugate "want". The piece -chi sticks to the action name on -moq, and a plan comes out: suzmoqchi — one who is about to swim.
Then the person, as always by a tail: suzmoqchiman — I am going to swim, suzmoqchisan — you are. The third person has no tail at all: u suzmoqchi — he is going to swim.
Refusal is built with the negation: suzmoqchi emasman — I am not going to swim. The question hangs at the end: suzmoqchimisiz? — are you going to?
The difference from istamoq — to want — is direction: choy istayman — I want tea, while -moqchi is always about an action about to start. Nima yemoqchisiz? — what are you going to eat?
Table
| Person | How it sounds | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| men | suzmoqchiman | I am going to swim |
| sen | suzmoqchisan | you are going to swim |
| u | suzmoqchi | he is going to swim |
| biz | suzmoqchimiz | we are going to swim |
| siz | suzmoqchisiz | you are going to swim |
| ular | suzmoqchilar | they are going to swim |
By example
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to say I am going to in Uzbek?
To say you mean to do something, you do not conjugate "want". The piece -chi sticks to the action name on -moq, and a plan comes out: suzmoqchi — one who is about to swim.
Why -moqchi attaches to the verb?
The difference from istamoq — to want — is direction: choy istayman — I want tea, while -moqchi is always about an action about to start. Nima yemoqchisiz? — what are you going to eat?
Difference between moqchiman and istayman?
The difference from istamoq — to want — is direction: choy istayman — I want tea, while -moqchi is always about an action about to start. Nima yemoqchisiz? — what are you going to eat?
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Biz qayiqda suzmoqchimiz” — We want to go boating. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.