Why is お金があると車を買うつもりだ wrong?


> お金があると車を買うつもりだ。

For some reason or another the statement is wrong. I thought the use of と is
OK for 状態動詞 (which in this case is 買うつもりだ). Why is this wrong?




Please read [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/393/5010).
The main clause after と must be **non-volitional** ; that is, you cannot
directly use たい, (よ)う, つもりだ, なさい and so on after と. In your case, you have to
say お金があれば車を買うつもりだ, お金があるなら車を買うつもりだ or お金があったら車を買うつもりだ. Or you can use と when
you describe a similar cause-effect relationship as an objective fact (e.g.,
お金があると人は車を買う).

See also [How Conditionals Work in Japanese: …と, …ば, …たら, and
…なら](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/how-conditionals-work/). You
may think the main function of と is closer to "whenever" or "and then".




Please read [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/393/5010).
The main clause after と must be **non-volitional** ; that is, you cannot
directly use たい, (よ)う, つもりだ, なさい and so on after と. In your case, you have to
say お金があれば車を買うつもりだ, お金があるなら車を買うつもりだ or お金があったら車を買うつもりだ. Or you can use と when
you describe a similar cause-effect relationship as an objective fact (e.g.,
お金があると人は車を買う).

See also [How Conditionals Work in Japanese: …と, …ば, …たら, and
…なら](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/how-conditionals-work/). You
may think the main function of と is closer to "whenever" or "and then".

