A task-allocation conversation names responsibilities and checks whether the proposed arrangement works.

The idea

Ask who is responsible, offer a task, invite another person to take a task and check the deadline.

Examples

  • ¿Quién se encarga de revisar el informe?Who is responsible for reviewing the report?
  • Yo puedo revisar los datos.I can review the data.
  • ¿Puedes revisar el formato?Can you review the formatting?
  • María enviará la versión final.María will send the final version.
  • ¿Quedamos en terminar el jueves?Shall we agree to finish on Thursday?
  • Anotaré quién hace cada tarea.I will note who does each task.

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Watch out

A proposed assignment is not automatically agreed; ask the people involved to confirm their responsibilities.

Try it yourself

  1. Name the part the speaker offers to review. Yo puedo revisar los ___. (datos / horarios)

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    datos

    Datos is the part the speaker offers to review.

  2. Ask the other person to review the formatting. ¿Puedes revisar el ___? (formato / precio)

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    formato

    Formato is the part offered to the other person.

  3. Name the proposed finishing day. ¿Quedamos en terminar el ___? (jueves / lunes)

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    jueves

    Jueves is the proposed day for finishing.

Use it today

Discuss a report review by proposing data and formatting tasks and checking a Thursday finish.