YOU SAID:
I’ll go ahead and ask, but what are you planning on doing?
INTO JAPANESE
先に聞きますが、何をするつもりですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
First I ask, what are you going to do?
INTO JAPANESE
まず最初に尋ねます、あなたは何をするつもりですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The first thing I ask is, what are you going to do?
INTO JAPANESE
私が最初に尋ねるのは、あなたは何をするつもりですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The first thing I ask is, what are you going to do?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.