12.I.3 意志: Vるつもりです·Vないつもりです [intend to do V; don’t intend to do V]

今度のレポートで、

In this report,

這次的報告中，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今度の	kondo no	modifiers	this time’s
レポートで、	repooto de,	-	in the report,

What does Tan-san intend to write about?

譚先生打算寫什麼呢？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
タンさんは	Tan-san wa	subject	Mr./Ms. Tan (topic marker)
何について	nani ni tsuite	modifiers	about what
書くつもりですか。	kaku tsumori desu ka.	predicate	do you intend to write?

I’m going to have a morning meeting now.

現在，我打算開始早上的會議。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
では	dewa	modifiers	well then
今から	ima-kara	modifiers	from now
朝の	asa-no	modifiers	morning
ミーティング	mi-tingu	subject	meeting
を	o	particles	object marker
しよう	shiyo-u	verb conjugations	let’s do
思います	omoi-masu	predicate	think

Sir, do you have any plans to go somewhere this summer?

先生，您這個夏天有什麼旅行計劃嗎？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生	sensei	subject	teacher
この夏	kono-natsu	modifiers	this summer
どこかへ	doko-ka-e	modifiers	somewhere
いらっしゃる	irassharu	verb conjugation	honorific form of “go”
ご予定	go-yotei	subject	plans
ですか	desu ka	particles	question marker

Tan: I haven’t decided yet.

還沒有決定。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
まだ	mada	modifiers	still
決めていません	kime-te-i-mase-n	predicate	have not decided

I was planning to start playing tennis from this year, but…

我本打算從今年開始打網球的，但是…

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今年	kotoshi	modifiers	this year
から	kara	particles	from
テニス	tenisu	subject	tennis
を	o	particles	object marker
始める	hajimeru	verb conjugations	to start
つもり	tsumori	modifiers	intention
だった	da-t-ta	verb conjugations	was
けど	kedo	particles	but

I’m busy and it doesn’t seem possible.

忙得沒法做。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
いそがしくて	isogashiku-te	modifiers	busy
できそうもない	deki-so—mo-nai	predicate	seems impossible

I was invited by a friend, but

被朋友邀請了，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
友だちに	tomodachi ni	modifiers	by a friend
誘われたけど、	sasowareta kedo,	-	invited, but

I don’t plan on going to a dance studio.

我不打算去舞蹈教室。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしは	watashi wa	subject	I
ダンス教室には	dansu kyoushitsu ni wa	modifiers	to the dance class (contrastive particle)
行かないつもりです。	ikanai tsumori desu.	predicate	do not intend to go

It seems that Mari-san intends not to get married until she turns 30 years old.

馬利女士似乎30歲前不打算結婚。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
マリさん	mari-san	subject	Mari
は	wa	particles	topic marker
30歳まで	san-ju-sai-ma-de	modifiers	until the age of 30
結婚しない	kekkon-shi-nai	predicate	will not marry
つもりだ	tsumori-da	verb conjugations	intends to
そうです	so—desu	predicate	seems

I have no intention of joining my father’s company.

我不打算進入父親的公司。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ぼく	boku	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
父の会社に	chichi-no-kaisha-ni	modifiers	to my father’s company
入る	hairu	verb conjugations	to enter
つもりはありません	tsumori-wa-ari-mase-n	predicate	do not intend

It seems that my younger brother intends to look for a job in Tokyo.

弟弟似乎打算在東京找工作。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
弟	oto-to	subject	younger brother
は	wa	particles	topic marker
東京で	to-kyo—de	modifiers	in Tokyo
仕事を	shigoto-wo	modifiers	job
さがす	sagasu	verb conjugations	to search
つもり	tsumori	modifiers	intention
らしい	rashii	modifiers	seems like