Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 4. ～つもり

Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 4. ～つもり (tsumori)
Here is Japanese N4 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 textbook.

～つもり
This pattern is used to tell others about your own plans.

1. Structure:
Dictionary-form verb / ない-form verb + つもり

もう甘い物は食べないつもりですが、自信がありません。
Mō amai mono wa tabenai tsumoridesuga, jishin ga arimasen.
I intend to stop eating sweet things, but I am not confident.

2. Notes:
– Only used when talking about your own plans, not other people’s plans.
– Not used for things that are not up to you to decide.
私は来年大学に合格するつもりです。 — This sentence is wrong because whether you pass the university entrance exam is not up to you.
– The pattern つもりではありません does not exist; to say you do not intend to do something （＝intend not to do it) we only use Vないつもり.

3. Related patterns:
Vる＋つもりはない： Have no intention of doing V
Vる＋つもりで： With the intention of
Vた＋つもりで: As if, treating it as
つもりである： To believe, to think that
つもりだ： To have assumed that