Explain your intentions and ask about someone else’s plans.
How the language works
The form -maq/-mek/-paq/-pek/-baq/-bek with a personal ending expresses intention: barmaqpyn — “I intend to go”. A common conversational expression is barğym keledı — “I want to go”, but a wish is not always a firm plan.
Useful phrases
Read, recall the meaning and say it aloud. Then compare with the audio.
Erteñ emhanağa barmaqpyn.
Tomorrow I intend to go to the clinic.
Aldymen därıgerge jazylamyn.
First I will make a doctor’s appointment.
Osy aptada qūjattardy daiyndaimyn.
I will prepare the documents this week.
Kelesı aida demalysqa şyqpaqpyn.
I intend to go on holiday next month.
Äzırge naqty josparym joq.
I do not have a definite plan yet.
Sız demalysta ne ıstemeksız?
What are you planning to do on holiday?
Dialogue
Sız demalysta ne ıstemeksız?
What are you planning to do on holiday?
Auylğa barmaqpyn.
I intend to go to the village.
Qaşan jolğa şyğasyz?
When will you set off?
Kelesı aptada. Aldymen bilet alamyn.
Next week. First I will buy a ticket.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Erteñ emhanağa barmaqpyn.”
- I will prepare the documents this week.
- First I will make a doctor’s appointment.
- Tomorrow I intend to go to the clinic.
- What are you planning to do on holiday?
Answer and explanation
Tomorrow I intend to go to the clinic.
Erteñ emhanağa barmaqpyn. — Tomorrow I intend to go to the clinic.
2. How do you say: “I intend to go on holiday next month.”?
- Aldymen därıgerge jazylamyn.
- Sız demalysta ne ıstemeksız?
- Kelesı aida demalysqa şyqpaqpyn.
- Äzırge naqty josparym joq.
Answer and explanation
Kelesı aida demalysqa şyqpaqpyn.
Kelesı aida demalysqa şyqpaqpyn. — I intend to go on holiday next month.
3. What meaning does barmaqpyn express?
- Negation: I did not go
- An action happening right now
- A request to the listener
- Intention: I plan to go
Answer and explanation
Intention: I plan to go
The form -maq with the personal ending -pyn expresses the speaker’s intention.
Make it your own
Describe a plan for the week: your main intention, the first step and when you will do it.
- I stated an intention
- I added a first step
- I gave a time
Example response
Osy aptada auylğa barmaqpyn. Aldymen bilet alamyn. Jūma künı jolğa şyğamyn. Jeksenbıde üige qaitamyn.