Japanese

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	By using a verb in the <strong>plain form + つもり</strong>, you can express your intention or plan to do something.
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	For example, if you are going to Japan in the spring, you could say <strong><ruby>春haruに日ni本honへ行iきます</ruby></strong>.
	This explains what you are going to do, but if you want to express your definite intention to do it, or if you are planning on it but not certain it will happen yet, you can instead say <strong><ruby>春haruに日ni本honへ行iくつもりです</ruby></strong>.
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	See the below table for some example sentences using this pattern.
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	You can also use <strong>つもり</strong> with a verb in <strong>ない-form</strong> to describe what you are planning <strong>not</strong> to do.
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	And you can use <strong>つもりはない</strong> or <strong>つもりはありません</strong> to describe the absence of an intention.
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Expressing intention with つもり

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	私わたしたち　は　夏なつ休やすみ　に　京きょう都と　に　行いく　つもり　だ。 watasitati ha natuyasumi ni kyouto ni iku tumori da.
Meaning	We're planning to go to Kyoto in the summer vacation.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

topic particle	は ha
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]	に ni
to go	行いく iku
we	私わたしたち watasitati
to be	だ da
intention	つもり tumori
summer vacation	夏なつ休やすみ natuyasumi
Kyoto	京きょう都と kyouto

Japanese

watasitati ha natuyasumi ni kyouto ni iku tumori da.

Breakdown of watasitati ha natuyasumi ni kyouto ni iku tumori da.

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