Check meaning before acting

Wenn ich dich richtig verstanden habe, treffen wir uns erst morgen.

Paraphrase a message and clarify ambiguous times, references and responsibilities.

A short message may leave important details unclear. Gleich, später and dort depend on the situation, so repeat the concrete time, place or action you understood. Wenn ich dich richtig verstanden habe … invites correction rather than pretending certainty. With Meinst du, dass …? you check a statement; with Kannst du sagen, ob …? you ask an indirect yes/no question. Both subordinate clauses put the finite verb last. Do not replace a correction with your original assumption. Finish by restating the new agreement so that both people share the same version.

Wenn ich dich richtig verstanden habe, treffen wir uns erst morgen.

If I have understood you correctly, we are not meeting until tomorrow.

Meinst du mit später heute Abend oder morgen?

By later, do you mean this evening or tomorrow?

Kannst du mir sagen, ob der Termin noch gilt?

Can you tell me whether the appointment still stands?

Ich hatte deine Nachricht anders verstanden.

I had understood your message differently.

Danke für die Korrektur; dann komme ich um halb sieben.

Thanks for the correction; then I will come at half past six.

Wir halten fest: morgen um achtzehn Uhr vor dem Eingang.

Let us confirm: tomorrow at eighteen hundred outside the entrance.

Paraphrase a message and clarify ambiguous times, references and responsibilities.

Do not treat später as an exact appointment. Write ob wir uns morgen treffen, not ob treffen wir uns morgen.

Paraphrase → precise question → correction → confirmed agreement. Ob introduces an indirect yes/no question; dass introduces a statement.

Write a dialogue of 100–120 words about a message with an unclear meeting time. Include a paraphrase, a yes/no clarification, a correction and the final time and place.