Breakdown of Σκοπεύεις να μείνεις σπίτι το Σαββατοκύριακο;
Questions & Answers about Σκοπεύεις να μείνεις σπίτι το Σαββατοκύριακο;
Σκοπεύεις means you intend, you plan, or you mean to.
It is the 2nd person singular form of σκοπεύω, so it is used when speaking to one person in an informal or familiar way.
In this sentence, σκοπεύεις introduces the idea of someone's intention:
- Σκοπεύεις... = Are you planning/intending... ?
In Greek, να is very commonly used before another verb when you want to express things like:
- intention
- desire
- possibility
- purpose
So after σκοπεύω, Greek normally uses να + verb:
- σκοπεύω να φύγω = I plan to leave
- σκοπεύεις να μείνεις = you plan to stay
English often uses to in this kind of structure, but Greek uses να instead.