Planning something together

Practise planning with someone: making suggestions, rejecting them politely, offering to do something and agreeing on details. Useful phrases are Wie wäre es mit…?, Lass uns…, Ich kann… übernehmen and Also, dann machen wir es so:.

You want to suggest to a friend that you go to the cinema on Saturday. What do you say?

A suggestion often starts with Wie wäre es…?

Your friend suggests Saturday, but you can’t. What do you say?

Say no and suggest another day.

Your friend suggests a picnic at the lake. You like the idea. What do you say?

Accept the suggestion.

You are planning a party with a friend and want to know who buys the drinks. What do you ask?

sich kümmern um = to take care of.

You want to offer to bake the cake for the party. What do you say?

An offer, not an order.

You want to agree on a time and a place to meet. What do you say?

sollen in a question = shall we…?

Your friend wants to go to the concert by car, but you know there is almost no parking. What do you say?

Reject the idea, give a reason and make another suggestion.

At the end of the conversation you want to sum up who does what. What do you say?

Also, dann machen wir es so: = OK, so let’s do it like this:

Your friend says: „Das ist mir egal, entscheide du.“ What does that mean?

entscheiden = to decide.

You can’t decide yet and want to answer tomorrow. What do you say?

Bescheid sagen = to let someone know.

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