JLPT N5+ · Wishes, plans, and choices

Vる／Vない + つもりだ

Expresses a settled intention or plan

Meaning

Expresses a settled intention or plan.

Dictionary form or ない + つもりです: 行くつもりです, 出かけないつもりです
Having no intention is usually expressed as Vるつもりはありません: 行くつもりはありません (I have no intention of going)

13 sentences

来年らいねん日本にほんへ行くいくつもりです
I intend to go to Japan next year.
今日きょうは出かけでかけないつもりです
I do not intend to go out today.
来年らいねんは日本にほんの大学だいがくで勉強べんきょうするつもりです
Next year I intend to study at a Japanese university.
小さなちいさな荷物にもつを運ぶはこぶつもりです
I intend to carry the small luggage.
青いあおい封筒ふうとうを選ぶえらぶつもりです
I intend to choose a blue envelope.
古いふるい雑誌ざっしを捨てるすてるつもりです
I intend to throw away the old magazines.
台所だいどころの窓まどを開けるあけるつもりです
I intend to open the kitchen window.
旅行りょこうの写真しゃしんを見るみるつもりです
I intend to look at the travel photos.

5 more examples

つもり states the speaker's own settled intention: 来年日本へ行くつもりです. A negative intention is 行かないつもりです; 行くつもりはありません denies having such a plan.

Schedules and events take 予定, not つもり: 電車は五時に着く予定です. Do not state someone else's intention with つもり without a source.

Pick the translation of each sentence. The wrong options translate similar patterns, so watch the grammar rather than the words.

Sentence 1: 短いみじかい手紙てがみを書くかくつもりです I intend to write a short letter.I want to write a short letter.I want a new bicycle.
Sentence 2: 駅えきの名前なまえを覚えるおぼえるつもりです I want to memorize the station name.I intend to memorize the station name.I do not want anything right now.
Sentence 3: 晩ご飯ばんごはんの準備じゅんびをしないつもりです What would you like for your birthday?I intend not to prepare dinner.I want to prepare dinner.

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