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I just learned a phrase `つもりです` which can be used to express `plan to do
something`. For example, `来月、日本へ旅行に行くつもりです` and ` 私は結婚しないつもりだ`.

But what confuses me is the structure of the sentence, `日本へ旅行に行く` is basically
describing the verb `行く`. `つもり` is an noun, so the structure is `verb + noun +
です`, but for most sentences I have learned so far, the core structure can be
divided into `verb [+ます/ません/ました..]` or `noun + だ/です/...`. This `行くつもりです` looks
weird.

So my question is, is this a specific structure or my understanding of basic
structures is wrong?
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Understanding the structure of つもりです
Relative clauses in Japanese are much simpler than those in English, so noun-
based expressions in the form `verb + noun` is extremely common in Japanese.

  * お腹が空いている **はず** です。  
you _must_ be hungry

  * 言われる **まま** に支払った。  
I paid as I was told to.

  * 旅行に行く **とき**  
_when_ [someone] travels

  * 本を読んだ **ため**  
_because_ [someone] read the book

These weird "nouns" are collectively called 形式名詞 ("formal noun"). つもり is one
of them.

Related:

  * [冗談のつもり the grammatical explanation](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/69532/5010)
  * [ダンスの先生なんだから、上手なはずですよ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/69446/5010)
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