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
その石で何をするつもり？
What are you planning on doing with that rock?
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何をするつもりですか？変なことは止めてください！
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つもりです。
My dad's birthday is tomorrow, so we plan on going to a restaurant.
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今夜はサッカーをするつもりだけども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いるので明日一緒に農家に行くつもり。
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つもりだそうです。
I heard that she is going to go to Tokyo tomorrow.
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朝に三キロを走るつもりです。
I plan on running three kilometers in the morning.
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来年も同じ寮に住むつもりだ。
I will live in the same dorm next year as well.
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つもりだ。(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つもりです。(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つもりはありません。(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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これはほんの冗談のつもりだった。
It was meant as merely a joke.
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私は、ほんの親切のつもりだったのだ。
I was merely trying to be kind.
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紅茶と言ったつもりだったんですが。
I meant to say 'black tea'.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
来たつもり (supposed to have come)
読んでいるつもり (intended to be reading)
男性のつもり (assumed to be male)
頭がいいつもり (assumed to be smart)
完璧なつもり (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するつもりで、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つもりで練習してきました。
Intending to participate in a marathon, I practiced in advance.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
行くつもりで (intending to go)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
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