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Here's the Plan つもり

Your friend asks what you’ll do after graduation. つもり states an intention you’ve already settled on, so the answer sounds firmer than a passing idea.

Hint · 힌트
つもり sounds more settled and deliberate than たい, which just names a want. “I want to wake up early” doesn’t guarantee anything, “I plan to wake up early” frames it as a decision you’ve already made.
Hint · 힌트
つもりでした, the past tense, describes a plan you had, often one that fell through, “I was planning to,” implying things didn’t go that way after all, distinct from つもりです which is still an active plan.

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