JLPT N4 grammar · Chapter 14

～予定です

State a scheduled plan

You'll be able to describe an arranged plan or event that is expected to happen.

Read it first

家族かぞくは明日あした出発しゅっぱつする予定よていです。

kazoku wa ashita shuppatsu suru yotei desu.

What do you think this sentence means?

The family is scheduled to leave tomorrow.

Why it means that

Describe a scheduled plan

～予定よていです presents an action as planned or scheduled. It often sounds more arranged than a thought being considered, though plans can still change.

Example

午後ごごは会議かいぎの予定よていです。

gogo wa kaigi no yotei desu.

A meeting is scheduled for the afternoon.

How it is built

Use 出発しゅっぱつする予定よてい and 旅行りょこうの予定よてい. A negative plan can use 行いかない予定よてい. Do not attach ます directly before 予定よてい.

Verb dictionary form+予定です/Noun+の予定です

Examples

午後ごごは会議かいぎの予定よていです。

gogo wa kaigi no yotei desu.

A meeting is scheduled for the afternoon.

来週らいしゅう、祖父そふに会あう予定よていです。

raishuu, sofu ni au yotei desu.

I plan to see my grandfather next week.

Examples

来週らいしゅうの月曜日げつようびに大阪おおさかへ出張しゅっちょうする予定よていです。

raishuu no getsuyoubi ni oosaka e shucchou suru yotei desu.

I'm scheduled to go to Osaka on business next Monday.

飛行機ひこうきは午後ごご三時さんじに着つく予定よていです。

hikouki wa gogo sanji ni tsuku yotei desu.

The plane is scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m.

明日あしたの午前中ごぜんちゅうは歯医者はいしゃに行いく予定よていです。

ashita no gozenchuu wa haisha ni iku yotei desu.

Tomorrow morning I'm scheduled to go to the dentist.

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