つもりだ details
write + intend to
kaku tsumori da
intend to; plan to
meaning: intend to write
夏休み、どこか行くつもり？
natsuyasumi, dokoka iku tsumori?
Planning to go anywhere over summer break? casual
来年、日本に留学するつもりだ。
rainen, nihon ni ryuugakusuru tsumori da.
I intend to study abroad in Japan next year. neutral
- colloquial
- polite
- past (unrealized plan)
- strong denial
Examples
intend to; plan to — a settled personal intention
夏休み、どこか行くつもり？
natsuyasumi, dokoka iku tsumori?
Planning to go anywhere over summer break? casual
来年、日本に留学するつもりです。
rainen, nihon ni ryuugakusurutsumoridesu.
I intend to study abroad in Japan next year. neutral
電話するつもりだったけど、すっかり忘れてた。
denwa suru tsumori datta kedo, sukkari wasureteta.
I meant to call, but it totally slipped my mind. casual
彼にはもう会わないつもりだ。
kare ni wa mou awanai tsumori da.
I don't plan on seeing him again. neutral
Formation
{V}つもりだattaches to dictionary form{V-nai}つもりだattaches to ない-form
Variant notes
- つもり — だ drops in casual speech, especially questions — どうするつもり？
Notes
Related patterns
Similar
Identical host (dictionary form＋だ) and identical gloss "plan to," but つもり asserts inner resolve while 予定 cites a schedule — inanimate subjects take 予定 only (電車は五時に出る予定だ／×つもりだ).
Both state first-person intention; (よ)うと思う presents the plan as current thinking, soft and revisable, where つもりだ states it as already settled.
ことにした narrates the moment a decision is made; つもりだ describes the standing intention that results — one reports the switch being flipped, the other the lamp being on.
Lookalikes
Same [noun]＋だ frame off the dictionary form and both gloss near "supposed to" — つもりだ is the subject's own plan, はずだ the speaker's expectation about anyone; mixing them misassigns whose head the plan lives in.