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Why does на следующей неделе use на and the ending -ей in следующей?
With time expressions meaning next week / during the week, Russian commonly uses на + prepositional (предложный) case: на неделе.
So неделя → на неделе, and the adjective agrees in case, gender, and number: следующая (fem.) → на следующей.
Could I also say на будущей неделе or на следующую неделю?
- на следующей неделе = next week (the coming week after this one). Most neutral/common.
- на будущей неделе is also possible, but often sounds a bit more “broad” or less anchored (depending on context).
- на следующую неделю is different: it usually means for next week (as a destination/target period), e.g., перенести на следующую неделю = postpone to next week. That’s accusative because it’s like moving something onto that time slot.
What does мы собираемся + infinitive mean grammatically? Is it future tense?
Собираться in the present tense + infinitive expresses intention/plan in the near future:
мы собираемся встретиться = we are going to meet / we plan to meet.
It’s not a dedicated future tense form; it’s a present-tense verb (собираемся) used with a future-oriented meaning.
Why is собираться written as собираемся (with -ся)?
The base verb is собирать (to gather/collect), but собираться is a reflexive form that often means to get together / to be about to / to plan depending on context.
Here it’s the “plan/intend” meaning: собираться + infinitive.
Why is it встретиться and not встречаться?
This is about aspect:
- встретиться (perfective) = meet (once), have a meeting (a single completed event).
- встречаться (imperfective) = meet regularly / be meeting (as a process).
For a single planned meeting next week, встретиться is the natural choice.
Is встретиться also reflexive? What does -ся add here?
Yes. встретиться is a reflexive verb meaning to meet each other / to meet up.
Non-reflexive встретить usually means to meet (someone) / to encounter as an object:
- Я встретил друга = I met (ran into) a friend.
- Мы встретились = We met up (with each other).
Why is it в парке (not в парк)?
After в:
- в + prepositional answers where? (location): в парке = in the park.
- в + accusative answers where to? (movement): в парк = into the park.
Here the meeting location is stated, so it’s в парке.
Why is план in the form план (and not something like плана/плану)?
Because обсудить takes a direct object in the accusative case (what you discuss).
For an inanimate masculine noun like план, accusative singular looks the same as nominative: план.
Why is обсудить perfective? Could it be обсуждать?
- обсудить (perfective) = discuss and (typically) reach completion of the discussion.
- обсуждать (imperfective) = be discussing / discuss in general, without focusing on completion.
In plans like this, Russian often prefers the perfective to present the discussion as a complete task: meet and (then) discuss the plan.
How does the и work with two infinitives: встретиться ... и обсудить?
Both infinitives depend on собираемся:
- мы собираемся (что сделать?) встретиться и обсудить
So it means: we intend to meet and to discuss. No extra verb is needed.
Why is there no comma before и?
No comma is needed because it’s a simple sentence with a single predicate idea (собираемся) and two coordinated infinitives (встретиться and обсудить) joined by и. It’s not two separate clauses with their own finite verbs.
Is the word мы necessary? Could I omit it?
It’s optional. Russian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person/number:
- На следующей неделе собираемся встретиться в парке и обсудить план.
Adding мы makes it a bit more explicit/emphatic (e.g., contrasting with someone else).
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