12.I.2 意志: Vようと思います [think … will/be going to do V]

ちょっとあの本屋に寄ろうと思いますが、

I’m thinking of stopping by that bookstore for a moment, but…

我想去那家書店一下，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ちょっと	chotto	-	a bit, a moment
あの	ano	modifiers	that
本屋に	honya ni	modifiers	to the bookstore
寄ろうと	yorou to	modifiers	intend to drop by
思いますが、	omoimasu ga,	-	but I’m thinking

Will you come with me?

你也要一起去嗎？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
あなた	anata	subject	you
も	mo	particles	also
いっしょに	issho-ni	modifiers	together
行きます	iki-masu	predicate	go
か	ka	particles	question marker

Well… today, I think I’ll go straight home.

嗯，我想今天就直接回家。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
そうですね	so-desune	modifiers	Well
今日	kyo	subject	today
まっすぐ帰ろうと	massugu-kaero-u-to	modifiers	intend to go straight
思います	omoi-masu	predicate	think

I am thinking of quitting my job and studying abroad for about a year.

我打算辭職，然後去留學大約一年左右。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
会社	kaisha	subject	company
を	wo	particles	object marker
やめて	yame-te	verb conjugations	stopped
1年ぐらい	ichi-nen gurai	modifiers	about one year
留学	ryu-gaku	predicate	study abroad
しようと思っています	shiyo-u-to-omo-t-te-i-masu	verb conjugations	thinking of doing

I was thinking of teaching music at either a junior high school or a high school.

我曾經想在初中或高中教音樂。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
中学校	chu-gakko	modifiers	middle school
か	ka	particles	question marker
高校	ko-ko	modifiers	high school
で	de	particles	location marker
音楽	ongaku	modifiers	music
教えようと	oshieyo-u-to	verb conjugations	intend to teach
思っていました	omo-t-te-i-mashi-ta	predicate	was thinking

However, I have changed my mind now.

但是，現在我改變了想法。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
でも	demo	particles	but
今	ima	modifiers	now
は	wa	particles	topic marker
考え	kangae	subject	thought
が	ga	particles	subject marker
変わりました	kawari-mashi-ta	predicate	changed

It seems that Alice is planning to come to Japan again next year.

據說Alice打算明年再次來日本。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
アリさん	ari-san	subject	Alice
は	wa	particles	topic marker
来年	rainen	modifiers	next year
も	mo	particles	also
また	mata	modifiers	again
日本	nihhon	modifiers	Japan
へ	e	particles	direction marker
来ようと思っている	koyo-u-to-omo-t-te-iru	verb conjugations	thinking of coming
そうだよ	so—da-yo	predicate	seems like

Really? I definitely want to see you again.

真的嗎？我真的很想再見到你呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ほんとう	honto	modifiers	really
また	mata	modifiers	also
ぜひ	zehi	modifiers	definitely
会いたい	ai-tai	predicate	want to meet
なあ	na-a	particles	sentence-ending particle

I think this job is important, so I don’t want to entrust it to someone else.

由於這項工作很重要，所以我不打算交給其他人。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
この	kono	modifiers	this
仕事は	shigoto wa	subject	work (topic marker)
大切だから、	taisetsu da kara,	-	because it’s important,
ほかの	hoka no	modifiers	other
人に	hito ni	modifiers	to other people
たのもうと	tanomou to	modifiers	entrust, ask
は	wa	-	(contrastive particle)
思いません。	omoimasen.	predicate	don’t think