Breakdown of Το καλοκαίρι πρόκειται να πάω σε ένα σεμινάριο ελληνικών στην Ελλάδα.
πάω
to go
να
to
σε
to
ένα
one
Questions & Answers about Το καλοκαίρι πρόκειται να πάω σε ένα σεμινάριο ελληνικών στην Ελλάδα.
What does πρόκειται να mean, and how is it different from just using θα πάω?
πρόκειται να literally comes from an impersonal verb πρόκειται (“it is intended / it is going to happen”) plus να + a verb in the subjunctive.
πρόκειται να πάω ≈ “I’m going to go / I’m planning to go / I’m about to go.”
It often implies:- something already arranged or planned
- a fairly near or expected future
- a slightly more formal or careful tone
θα πάω = simple future: “I will go / I’m going to go.”
This is the neutral, most common way to talk about future events.
In most everyday contexts, Το καλοκαίρι θα πάω… would also be perfectly natural. πρόκειται να just puts a bit more emphasis on the idea that this is a scheduled or intended plan.
Why is it πρόκειται να πάω and not something like πρόκειται να θα πάω?
After πρόκειται, you use να + subjunctive; you do not use θα there.
- πρόκειται already carries the future-like meaning (“is going to / is about to”),
- να πάω is the subjunctive form of πάω (“to go”).
So, grammatically the pattern is:
- πρόκειται να
- subjunctive
- πρόκειται να πάω – I’m going to go
- πρόκειται να φύγει – He/She is going to leave
- Πρόκειται να βρέξει – It’s going to rain
- subjunctive
πρόκειται να θα πάω would be wrong because you’d be doubling the future marker (πρόκειται + θα).