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To talk about what is planned or supposed to happen, use the impersonal phrase **قرار است** (literally, "the arrangement is") followed by **که** (that). Because these events are anticipated plans rather than completed facts, the main verb describing the action must be in the **present subjunctive**.

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**قرار است** is impersonal and never changes form. Only the subjunctive verb at the end of the sentence is conjugated to match the person doing the action.

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### Passive Plans

You can pair **قرار است** with passive verbs like **انجام شدن** (to be done) to talk about scheduled tasks without specifying who will do them.

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### Similar Structures

Like **شاید** (might) and **باید** (must), **قرار است** expresses expectation and triggers the present subjunctive.

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### In Spoken Persian

When speaking casually, Iranians typically blend **قرار است** into a single word: **قراره**. The subjunctive grammar rule remains exactly the same.

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Planned events (قرار است که)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
conference	همایشhamâyesh
to participate	شرکت کردنsherkat kardan
The manager is supposed to participate in the conference.	قرار است که مدیر در همایش شرکت کند.qarâr ast ke modir dar hamâyesh sherkat konad.
Have you participated in this scientific conference?	آیا شما در این همایش علمی شرکت کرده‌اید؟âyâ shomâ dar in hamâyesh elmi sherkat karde-id?
seminar	سمینارseminâr
to attend / to be present	حضور داشتنhozur dâshtan
The professor is supposed to be present at the seminar.	قرار است که استاد در سمینار حضور داشته باشد.gharâr ast ke ostâd dar seminâr hozur dâshte bâshad.
I might be present at the seminar tomorrow.	شاید من فردا در سمینار حضور داشته باشم.shâyad man fardâ dar seminâr hozur dâshte bâsham.
official / formal	رسمیrasmi
He is supposed to write an official letter.	قرار است که او یک نامه رسمی بنویسد.qarâr ast ke u yek nâme-ye rasmi benevisad.
This party is very formal.	این مهمانی خیلی رسمی است.in mehmâni kheyli rasmi ast.
to specify / to determine	مشخص کردنmoshakhkhas kardan
We are supposed to specify the date of the conference.	قرار است که ما تاریخ همایش را مشخص کنیم.qarâr ast ke mâ târikh-e hamâyesh râ moshakhkhas konim.
They have specified the time of the seminar.	آنها زمان سمینار را مشخص کرده‌اند.ânhâ zamâne seminâr râ moshakhkhas karde-and.
to register	ثبت‌نام کردنsabt-nâm kardan
You must register for this formal class.	شما باید برای این کلاس رسمی ثبت‌نام کنید.shomâ bâyad barâye in kelâs-e rasmi sabt-nâm konid.
I am supposed to register at the university tomorrow.	قرار است که من فردا در دانشگاه ثبت‌نام کنم.gharâr ast ke man fardâ dar dâneshgâh sabt-nâm konam.
to inform	اطلاع دادنettelâ' dâdan
The manager is supposed to inform me.	قرار است که مدیر به من اطلاع بدهد.qarâr ast ke modir be man ettelâ' bedahad.
He might inform you tomorrow.	شاید او فردا به شما اطلاع بدهد.shâyad oo fardâ be shomâ ettelâ' bedahad.
to postpone	عقب انداختنaghab andâkhtan
They are supposed to postpone the meeting.	قرار است که آنها جلسه را عقب بیندازند.gharâr ast ke ânhâ jalase râ aghab biandâzand.
We have postponed the project.	ما پروژه را عقب انداخته‌ایم.mâ porozhe râ aghab andâkhte'im.
to be done / to happen (of tasks, actions)	انجام شدنanjâm shodan
This work is supposed to be done today.	قرار است که این کار امروز انجام شود.gharâr ast ke in kâr emruz anjâm shavad.
I am supposed to stay home.	قراره که من تو خونه بمونم.qarâre ke man tu khune bemunam.
This project must be done tomorrow.	این پروژه باید فردا انجام شود.in porozhe bâyad fardâ anjâm shavad.