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Intentions with つもりです

Use つもりです to express personal intention, planned refusal, and a clear sense of what the speaker means to do.

Express personal intention with dictionary form + つもりです.Make negative intention patterns such as 〜ないつもりです.Distinguish personal intention from scheduled arrangements like 予定です.

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What つもりです means

つもりです expresses the speaker’s intention or what they mean to do. It is personal and internal, so it often fits goals, plans, and decisions that come from the speaker rather than from a fixed schedule.

来年日本へ留学するつもりです。

I intend to study abroad in Japan next year.

Positive intention uses dictionary form + つもりです.

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今日は出かけないつもりです。

I do not intend to go out today.

Negative intention uses ない + つもりです.

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