N4 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

～たつもりで

Usage:

Past Tense Form of Verb + つもりで

Meaning:

「～たつもりで」means “as if…”, “just like…”.

Examples:

だまされたつもりでやってみて。
Please give it a try just like you got tricked.

シェフになったつもりで料りょう理りを作つくる。
I cook as if I were a cook.

自じ分ぶんでは、わかったつもりでいたけど、改あらためて考かんがえるとわかんなくなってきた。
I was sure I understood it, but on thinking it over, I realized I didn’t know at all.

子こ供どもになったつもりで考かんがえてみると、意い外がいと良よい案あんが思おもい浮うかぶこともある。
When you think about it as if you were a child, you may come up with a surprisingly good idea.

哲学者てつがくしゃになったつもりで人生じんせいについて語かたる。
Talk about the life as if you were a philosopher.

先生せんせいになったつもりで説明せつめいしてみよう。
Try to explain it as if you were a teacher.

相あい手ての立たち場ばになったつもりで、よく考かんがえてから発言はつげんすることが重じゅう要ようだ。
It is important to think carefully before making a statement, as if you were in the position of the other party.

死しんだつもりで頑がん張ばろう。
Do your best as if you were dead.