つもりだ

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つもりだ

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Yuzuo Chan

11.06.2025

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Meaning

To intend to do A, or to intend not to do A; a plan or decision that the speaker has already made.

Conjugation

(A)VDict + つもり + だ: (A)Vない + つもり + だ

Examples

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夏休なつやすみは何なにをするつもりですか。

明日あしたは父ちちの誕生日たんじょうびだから、レストランに行いくつもりです。

来年らいねんは日本にほんへ留学りゅうがくするつもりだ。

今日きょうは疲つかれているので、どこにも行いかないつもりだ。

昨日きのうはレストランに行いくつもりだったが、雨あめが降ふったので、家いえで食たべた。

山田やまださんは卒業そつぎょうしたら国くにへ帰かえるつもりだと言いっていました。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 明日あしたは雨あめが降ふるつもりだ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 明日あしたは雨あめが降ふるだろう。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: つもり expresses a person's will, so it cannot be used for events outside anyone's control, such as the weather.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 田中たなかさんは来月らいげつ結婚けっこんするつもりだ。（when you are only relaying what you heard）

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 田中たなかさんは来月らいげつ結婚けっこんするつもりだそうだ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The plain sentence is fine when the speaker has reliable grounds for knowing the person's intention. When you are only reporting what someone said or what you heard, use つもりだそうだ or ～と言いっていた.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 来年らいねん日本にほんへ行いったつもりです。（when you mean 'I plan to go'）

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 来年らいねん日本にほんへ行いくつもりです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: To state a future intention, use the dictionary form (行くつもり). Vた + つもり is a different pattern meaning 'believing/acting as if one had done it'.

Key points

Use it to state your own intention, and in questions to ask about someone's plans. It is neutral in register (polite: つもりです). For other people, つもりだ can also be used when the speaker has reliable grounds; use つもりだそうだ or ～と言いっていた when reporting their stated intention. つもりだった means 'had intended to' and often implies that the intended action did not happen, though this is not always the case. Compared with ～ようと思おもう, which expresses a thought or intention and can sound less definite, つもり generally suggests a more settled intention. Compared with 予定よていだ, which emphasizes a plan or schedule, つもり emphasizes personal intention. Do not confuse it with the different pattern Vた/Nの + つもり ('believing/acting as if'), as in 勉強べんきょうしたつもり.

お酒おさけを飲のむつもりはありません means 'I have no intention of drinking.' お酒おさけを飲のまないつもりです means 'I plan not to drink.' お酒おさけを飲のむつもりじゃありません is also grammatical and natural, especially in conversation. The difference is one of nuance, not grammatical correctness.

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