Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-'

[s] sounds like the English 'z' before a vowel. Elsewhere [s], 'ss' and [ß] sound like the English 's'. Write 'ss' after a short vowel but [ß] after a long vowel like 'Fuß' or after 2 vowels together like 'weiß'. 'Nächst-' means 'next' and takes the same ending as the definite article of the noun it precedes. Use a time adverbial with the present tense to express what you are doing in future, e.g., 'Nächste Woche tanze ich'. When translating future meaning from German into English, use the present continuous tense (i.e., 'I am going to').