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
Two synthetic voices, Aigul and Daulet, voice the dialogue. Character names may differ.
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.