Plan to A; be going to A; intend to do A
- Plan to A; be going to A; intend to do A
- Supposed to be A; intended to be A; assumed to be A Used when something is expected, assumed, or intended to be A (but in reality is different)
- Intending to A Often followed by an action taken in order to accomplish A

其の石で何を為る積もり?
What are you planning on doing with that rock?
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何を為る積もりですか?変なことは止めて下さい!
What are you going to do? Please don't do anything weird!
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明日はお父さんの誕生日だからレストランに行く積もりです。
My dad's birthday is tomorrow, so we plan on going to a restaurant.
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今夜はサッカーを為る積もりだけど若し雨が降ったら体育館で運動する。
I am going to play soccer this evening, but if it rains I'll exercise at the gym.
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弟は馬に乗りたがって居るので明日一緒に農家に行く積もり。
My younger brother wants to ride a horse, so we are going to go to a farm tomorrow.
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明日彼女は東京に行く積もりだそうです。
I heard that she is going to go to Tokyo tomorrow.
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朝に三キロを走る積もりです。
I plan on running three kilometers in the morning.
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来年も同じ寮に住む積もりだ。
I will live in the same dorm next year as well.
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Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
走るつもりだ (intend to run)
負けないつもりだ (plan on not losing)
Related Expressions
よていだ
Where this grammar is found
Advanced notes
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来年新しい車を買う積もりだ。(correct)
I am going to buy a new car next year.
The negation "am not going to A/do not plan to A" can be written in two ways. The first involves changing A to the negative form:
来年新しい車を買わない積もりです。(correct)
I plan on not buying a new car next year.
This holds the connotation of 'Plan to not do A'.
The second method replaces the だ after つもり with は ありません:
来年新しい車を買う積もりは有りません。(correct)
I do not plan on buying a car next year.
This form is more along the lines of 'have no plans to A' or 'do not intend to A.'
Grammar usage notes
Expresses strong intentions and convictions, as well as plans.
Verb plain + tsumori + da/desu = I intend to do something
plain verb alone = no particular strong intention (Tokyo ni iku)
tsumori = strong intention (Tokyo ni ikutsumori da)
yotei = everything is planned and ready (Tokyo ni iku yotei desu, I have already booked train and hotel)
Verb plain + tsumori + da/desu = I intend to do something
plain verb alone = no particular strong intention (Tokyo ni iku)
tsumori = strong intention (Tokyo ni ikutsumori da)
yotei = everything is planned and ready (Tokyo ni iku yotei desu, I have already booked train and hotel)
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Supposed to be A; intended to be A; assumed to be A
Used when something is expected, assumed, or intended to be A (but in reality is different)
- Plan to A; be going to A; intend to do A
- Supposed to be A; intended to be A; assumed to be A Used when something is expected, assumed, or intended to be A (but in reality is different)
- Intending to A Often followed by an action taken in order to accomplish A
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此れは本の冗談の積もりだった。
It was meant as merely a joke.
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私は、本の親切の積もりだったのだ。
I was merely trying to be kind.
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紅茶と言った積もりだった乃ですが。
I meant to say 'black tea'.
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Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
来た積もり (supposed to have come)
読んで居る積もり (intended to be reading)
男性の積もり (assumed to be male)
頭がいい積もり (assumed to be smart)
完璧な積もり (supposed to be perfect)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
when followed by で and a contradictory statement, it can mean 'although (action was meant), (opposite happened) - for example: 冗談のつもりで言ったのに,本気にされてしまった。 I meant it as a joke but i was taken seriously.
~つもりで、=with the intention of, as, as if
The following clause doesn't always need to be contradictory. you could say:
「明日に試験があるつもりで、私はましめに勉強した。」"I studied hard as if there was a test tomorrow."
The following clause doesn't always need to be contradictory. you could say:
「明日に試験があるつもりで、私はましめに勉強した。」"I studied hard as if there was a test tomorrow."
Questions/Discussion
How do you know when to conjugate the inside (e.g. verb/adjective/noun) to be in past tense (e.g.むずしかったつもりです) or the つもり (e.g. むずかしいつもりでした)?
Intending to A
Often followed by an action taken in order to accomplish A
- Plan to A; be going to A; intend to do A
- Supposed to be A; intended to be A; assumed to be A Used when something is expected, assumed, or intended to be A (but in reality is different)
- Intending to A Often followed by an action taken in order to accomplish A
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私は東京で一人暮らしを為る積もりで、お金を貯めてきた。
Intending to live on my own in Tokyo, I saved my money.
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マラソン大会に参加する積もりで練習してきました。
Intending to participate in a marathon, I practiced in advance.
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新しいパソコンを買う積もりで金を溜めて居る乃だ。
I am saving money in order to buy a new personal computer.
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Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
行く積もりで (intending to go)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
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