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/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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その石で何をするつもり?
What are you planning on doing with that rock?
16点
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!
10点
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.
13点
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.
20点
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 just once, so we are going to go to a farm tomorrow.
8点
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.
20点
朝に三キロを走るつもりです。
I plan on running three kilometers in the morning.
14点
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
Where this grammar is found
Genki I: Chapter 10
Nihongo So-Matome N3 (日本語総まとめ): 第3週 3日目
新完全マスター文法 N3: 第1部 11課
新完全マスター文法 N4: 第1部 18課
JLPT N4 / Intermediate: Sentence Endings ②
Nihongo So-Matome N3 (日本語総まとめ): 第3週 3日目
新完全マスター文法 N3: 第1部 11課
新完全マスター文法 N4: 第1部 18課
JLPT N4 / Intermediate: Sentence Endings ②
User notes
Advanced notes
一
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.'
Supposed to be A; intended to be A; assumed to be A
Used when something is expected/assumed/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/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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18点
これはほんの冗談のつもりだった。
It was meant as merely a joke.
0点
私は、ほんの親切のつもりだったのだ。
I was merely trying to be kind.
4点
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
Nihongo So-Matome N3 (日本語総まとめ): 第3週 3日目
Nihongo So-Matome N1 (日本語総まとめ): 第6週 2日目
JLPT N4 / Intermediate: Sentence Endings ①
Nihongo So-Matome N1 (日本語総まとめ): 第6週 2日目
JLPT N4 / Intermediate: Sentence Endings ①
User notes
0点
~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."
5 years ago
sschroer
- Level 2
7点
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.
11 years ago

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/intended to be A (but in reality is different)
- Intending to A Often followed by an action taken in order to accomplish A
0点
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.
0点
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)
User notes
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