Boshladim

Boshladim is a verb form in Uzbek that means “I started” or “I began.” It is the first-person singular simple past tense form of the verb boshlamoq, which means to begin or to start.

Formation and grammar: Boshladim is built from the verb stem boshl- (to begin) plus the past tense suffix -di and the first-person singular ending -m, resulting in -dim. In Uzbek, the past tense suffix changes to reflect the subject, so other subjects use different endings (for example, boshlading for you started, boshladi for he/she started, boshladik for we started, boshladingiz for you all started, boshladilar for they started).

Common forms and examples:

- Men boshladim. (I started.)

- Sen boshlading. (You started.)

- U boshladi. (He/She started.)

- Biz boshladik. (We started.)

- Siz boshladingiz. (You started.)

- Ularda boshladilar. (They started.)

Usage and nuance: Boshladim is used to report a completed act of beginning in the past and is commonly employed in narrative statements, personal recollections, and recounting sequences of events. It often appears with time expressions such as bugun (today), kecha (yesterday), or ilgari (earlier). The verb can be complemented by objects to indicate what was started, for example, bir ishni boshladim (I started a task) or darslarni boshladim (I started classes).

Related terms: The infinitive boshlash (to begin) and related participles are used to form other tenses and aspects. Uzbek verbs follow vowel harmony and honorific or plural/polite forms, reflected in endings like -siz or -lar.

See also: Uzbek language, Turkic languages, Uzbek verb conjugation.