Application: Adding an agenda item

Practise adding an agenda item, then follow up with a clarification or confirmation.

Distinguish a suggestion from a decision and name the owner and deadline when summarising actions. Could we clarify and As I understand it help check understanding without a blunt interruption.

The first two examples come from the linked conversation. The third adds a follow-up. Notice the movement from opening request to response and clarification.

Practical examples

Can we add the delivery issue to our agenda?

هل يمكننا إضافة مشكلة التسليم إلى جدول الأعمال؟

Explore the expression in context

Put it after the progress update so we have the necessary context.

ضعها بعد تحديث التقدم ليكون لدينا السياق اللازم.

Explore the expression in context

I can send a short background note before the new item is discussed.

يمكنني إرسال ملاحظة خلفية قصيرة قبل مناقشة البند الجديد.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Can we add the delivery issue to our agenda?كيف تستطيع مجموعتنا متابعة جميع المراجع؟تحقق من حالة المعاملة لدى المزود قبل محاولة الدفع نفسه مجددًا.طلب ملفهل يمكننا إضافة مشكلة التسليم إلى جدول الأعمال؟

2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: يمكنني إرسال ملاحظة خلفية قصيرة قبل مناقشة البند الجديد.Can someone help me understand these written instructions?The writer should decide whether either metaphor contributes something that direct language would lose.There is something I would like to ask. Can we share the cleaning this weekend?I can send a short background note before the new item is discussed.