Question:

"What will you do in monday?"

あなたは月曜日何をするつもりですか？

Ok, so if I'd want to answer:

"I will study japanese and meet friend."

would it be like this:

私は日本語をべんきょうして、ともだちにあうつもりです。


or is only the "to meet"- verb in future form and "to study" in present?? Or something like that?

Should I add "Tsumori desu" -> Benkyoushite tsumori desu, ...

This post was edited by greydoom on Aug 11 2009 11:02am

There is no future tense in Japanese. Only past and present. If you want to say something is happening in the future, it has to be clear from the context or you need auxiliary words such as next hour, tomorrow, next month, next year etc.

In your example you're asked: What are you planning to do on Monday? It already implies that the action will happen in the future. All you need is to use present tense verbs to indicate your intention. What you wrote in your example isn't future tense, it's continuation of statement using "te" form of the verb with "tsumori desu" (planning to) tucked at the end indicating intention.

For example if I say: 　明日の朝は何をするつもりですか - What are you planning to do tomorrow morning (future action is already implied)

I can say: 朝ご飯を食て散歩するつもりですよ - I plan to eat breakfast and go for a stroll ("te" form continuation + implied future event based on the question asked)

Okkee, thank you again.

and to be clear, should there be an article in:

散歩をするつもりです

and do you use "to do" verb when you say "I'm going for a walk" ? Could "to go" verb also be used ? (iku)

This post was edited by greydoom on Aug 12 2009 06:22am

No. You don't need to use "wo" in suru verbs in order to preserve the grammatical correctness of the sentence. Suru verbs like benkyou suru (to study), ai suru (to love), unten suru (to drive), kanryou suru (to conclude) are all used without "wo" connecting them, because otherwise it would create a conflict with certain sentences. (eg you can't say: Kuruma wo unten wo suru)



They all have different meanings:

"Iku" just means go
"Aruku" means walk with implied direction
"sanpo suru" means to walk around, catching a breath of fresh air, strolling without aim

Okay ^^ wakarimashita.

but didn't catch from the first post;

did you say these very written correctly:

あなたは月曜日何をするつもりですか？
私は日本語をべんきょうして、ともだちにあうつもりです。

This post was edited by greydoom on Aug 12 2009 07:22am

あなたは月曜日に何をするつもりですか？
私は日本語を勉強して、友達に会うつもりです。

all too confusing for me

what?

this

you don't need to use the anata ha / watashi ha...
it's a conversation between yourself & another person.... the "I" and "you" are already implied.