Intentions and plans

Authored by: Naomi H. McGloin , Mutsuko Endo Hudson , Fumiko Nazikian , Tomomi Kakegawa

Modern Japanese Grammar

Print publication date:  October  2013
Online publication date:  March  2017

Print ISBN: 9780415571999
eBook ISBN: 9780203856628
Adobe ISBN: 9781135151393

10.4324/9780203856628.ch45

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Abstract

Plans and intentions can be expressed with constructions involving nouns such as tsumori ‘intention,’ and yotee ‘plan.’ These are nouns, so the content of the intentions and plans are expressed in the sentence modifying these nouns.

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