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На следующей неделе мы собираемся встретиться в парке и обсудить план.

На следующей неделе мы собираемся встретиться в парке и обсудить план.
Next week we are going to meet in the park and discuss the plan.

Breakdown of На следующей неделе мы собираемся встретиться в парке и обсудить план.

парк
the park
в
in
и
and
на
on
мы
we
встретиться
to meet
план
the plan
обсудить
to discuss
следующий
next
собираться
to be going to
неделя
week
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Questions & Answers about На следующей неделе мы собираемся встретиться в парке и обсудить план.

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).