coffee with dessert.

[mimi2]

Hi,
What does it mean?
"Would you like to have your coffee with dessert after dessert.?"
What does it mean? "coffee with dessert?
Thanks.

 

[roxcyn]

Would you like to drink coffee with your dessert? You have the dessert, now would you like to drink coffee? Do you understand?

 

[mimi2]

Yes, I understand.
But what made me confused is "after dessert". Do you understand what I mean?

 

[jimreilly]

Hi,
What does it mean?
"Would you like to have your coffee with dessert after dessert.?"
What does it mean? "coffee with dessert?
Thanks.

There is a little mistake; it should be: "Would you like to have your coffee with dessert or after dessert."

In this context "with" means "at the same time as"; it does not mean that the coffee will be poured over the dessert, for example.

 

[Joelline]

Mimi,

Perhaps a word or a comma is missing in the original sentence:

"Would you like to have your coffee with dessert , after dessert?"
"Would you like to have your coffee with dessert OR after dessert?"

In both cases, you are being offered a choice between having your coffee with your dessert or immediately after you have finished your dessert.

 

[roxcyn]

Oh, I agree with the others, it needs a comma or the word OR.

 

[mimi2]

Thank you, Jimreilly, Joelline and roxcyn,
I am very glad because I understand this sentence completely.
Thanks.

 

[jimreilly]

It occurs to me now (after my previous answer) that the source of your confusion could be phrases like "coffee with sugar or cream?", meaning that sugar or cream is added to (combined with) the coffee.

Here it means, as I said, the coffee is served at the same time as the dessert, or later.

And, Hi Mimi2, you seem like an old friend by now!