Organising a meal with guests
Wer bringt etwas mit?
Combine guest replies, divide preparation tasks and confirm quantities and arrival details.
Planning a meal combines information from several people. Keep the number of confirmed guests separate from people who have not replied. Ask what someone can bring with mitbringen: Bringst du einen Salat mit? The separable prefix goes to the end in a main clause. Divide tasks clearly: Lea macht den Salat, Tom bringt Brot mit. Schon fertig means completed; noch nicht fertig means still pending. A stated arrival time is not necessarily the time food will be served. Read any request to confirm attendance and update the plan when a guest declines. Ask about preferences or ingredients rather than deciding them for someone else.
Bringst du einen Salat mit?
Will you bring a salad?
Ich kümmere mich um die Getränke.
I’ll take care of the drinks.
Das Brot ist schon gekauft.
The bread has already been bought.
Der Tisch ist noch nicht gedeckt.
The table has not been set yet.
Wir treffen uns um sechs und essen um sieben.
We meet at six and eat at seven.
Bitte sag bis morgen, ob du kommst.
Please say by tomorrow whether you are coming.
Planning a meal combines information from several people. Keep the number of confirmed guests separate from people who have not replied. Ask what someone can bring with mitbringen: Bringst du einen Salat mit? The separable prefix goes to the end in a main clause. Divide tasks clearly: Lea macht den Salat, Tom bringt Brot mit. Schon fertig means completed; noch nicht fertig means still pending. A stated arrival time is not necessarily the time food will be served. Read any request to confirm attendance and update the plan when a guest declines. Ask about preferences or ingredients rather than deciding them for someone else.
Combine guest replies, divide preparation tasks and confirm quantities and arrival details.
Do not count an unanswered invitation as attendance. Do not assign the same preparation task twice because you missed someone’s reply.
Confirmed guests ≠ unanswered invitations. Mitbringen → bringt … mit. Schon fertig ≠ noch nicht fertig.
Plan a meal for four fictional people. Give each person one task, record one changed reply and write the final plan with arrival and eating times.