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Yasuku dekimasen ka.

Can you make it cheaper?

4.15. tsumori

Tsumori is a noun with the meaning ‘intention.’ Preceded by
the plain imperfect (like suru ‘does’) and followed by some

form of the copula (like desu ‘is’), this noun makes a phrase

with the meaning ‘it is (someone’s) intention to (do
something) = someone plans to do something.’

Asu tenki ga yokereba niwa-sōji o suru tsumori desu.
If the weather is good, I plan to sweep the yard
tomorrow.

Itsu ni nattara katazukeru tsumori desu ka.
When do you intend to put (them) away?

If you want to change the tense of the expression ‘it WAS
somebody’s intention to do something, someone planned to

do something,’ you just change the mood of the copula: suru
tsumori deshita.

Kinō wa benkyō suru tsumori deshita keredomo, tenki ga
yokatta node tomodachi to kōen ni ikimashita.
I had intended to study yesterday, but the

weather was nice, so I went to the park with my
friends.