Grammar
N3 connective

On the assumption of 〜つもりで

Meaning

"As if ~", "with the intention of ~", "on the assumption that ~".

Formation

Notes

Different from 〜つもりだ ("intend to"): つもりで frames HOW you do the next thing — 死んだつもりで頑張る ("give it everything as though your life depended on it"). 〜たつもりで means acting as if something were so when it is not.

Examples

I will study from scratch as though I were a new recruit.

Breakdown
new employee as though I were from scratch

I saved the money as if I had gone on the trip.

Breakdown
went on a trip as if saved money

I practise with every intention of doing it seriously.

Breakdown
do it seriously with the intention of am practising

Please do not talk to me as though I were a child.

Breakdown
child as though do not speak

I came intending to rest, and yet the work increased.

Breakdown
intending to rest came, and yet the work increased

⚠️ Often confused with

Try to 〜ようとする

An attempt or an intention — "try to ~", "be about to ~".