明日(あした) ashitaは wa休(やす)み() yasumiを o取(と)ろ()う() torouと to思(おも)っ()て()い()ま()す() omotteimasu。 I'm thinking of taking the day off tomorrow. Literal Tomorrow [topic-は] day-off [object-を] take-[volitional-おう] [quotative-と] thinking. 休みを取ろうと思っています wraps the volitional 取ろう in ~と思っている, creating a softened 'I'm thinking of doing X' — less committed than ~つもりだ. The ~ている marks the thinking as an ongoing state of consideration. workdaily life~と思う (I think)~ている (ongoing state)volitional form (~う/~よう)
明日(あした) ashitaは wa休(やす)み() yasumiを o取(と)ろ()う() torouと to思(おも)っ()て()い()ま()す() omotteimasu。 I'm thinking of taking the day off tomorrow. Literal Tomorrow [topic-は] day-off [object-を] take-[volitional-おう] [quotative-と] thinking. 休みを取ろうと思っています wraps the volitional 取ろう in ~と思っている, creating a softened 'I'm thinking of doing X' — less committed than ~つもりだ. The ~ている marks the thinking as an ongoing state of consideration. workdaily life~と思う (I think)~ている (ongoing state)volitional form (~う/~よう)