〜予定です
scheduled to ~
Express an intention, decision, or scheduled action.
Remember it
Put the future action into your plan with 〜予定です.
Understand
Build the pattern
Sentence formula
How it works
「〜予定です」 means "scheduled to ~". Structure: Verb dictionary / Noun の + 予定です. This is a JLPT N4 pattern — the examples below slot different everyday and workplace words into the same structure so you can see how it behaves. Learn the structure, then swap in your own words.
When to use it
Use it for weekends, appointments, project plans, and personal goals.
Tone: Polite
A safe choice for everyday conversations, shops, school, and the workplace.
Use
Hear it in real life
At work
Example 1明日は会議の予定です。
あした は かいぎ の よてい です。
ashita wa kaigi no yotei desu.
The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow.
Everyday life
Example 2明日は紹介の予定です。
あした は しょうかい の よてい です。
ashita wa shoukai no yotei desu.
The introduction is scheduled for tomorrow.
Everyday life
Example 3明日は経験の予定です。
あした は けいけん の よてい です。
ashita wa keiken no yotei desu.
The experience is scheduled for tomorrow.
Everyday life
Example 4明日は翻訳の予定です。
あした は ほんやく の よてい です。
ashita wa hon'yaku no yotei desu.
The translation is scheduled for tomorrow.
Everyday life
Example 5明日は給料の予定です。
あした は きゅうりょう の よてい です。
ashita wa kyuuryou no yotei desu.
The salary is scheduled for tomorrow.
Make it yours
Choose one example. Replace one person, place, object, or time with a detail from your life, then say the new sentence aloud.
Recall
Test your memory
Recall practice
Can you say it?
1 of 5
Read the situation, look away from the answer, and say the Japanese aloud.
Your situation
The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow.
The answer is hidden. Try to use 〜予定です.
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