Take with me or bring with me?

[Chloe]

Hello all!

Could you explain to me the difference between the words "take with me" and "bring with me", please? What is better to say in the following sentence? "Do you have an internet access at home? I would like to bring (or take?) my notebook with me."

Thank you!

With best wishes,
Chloe

[Delfino]

I'd suggest to use it like this:

"Do you have access to the internet at home? / Do you have internet access at home?

In case you do, I would like to bring my notebook (with me to continue with my research). Is that ok?"

[Keswick (Contributor)]

Hi, as for your question, whether to use "bring my notebook" or "take my notebook with me". It is quite easy.

If PERSON A asks you over to do homework, you'd say "I will be with you as soon as possible and I bring my notebook". That means, you pack your notebook in your bag and head over to PERSON A's place. "to bring" here = mitbringen

Imagine you are at the library with PERSON A and PERSON A suggests to head over to his place to finish your homework, you'd say "Good idea, I will take my notebook with me because I don't want to leave it here", that means, you back it in your bag and head over to PERSON A's place. "to take" here = mitnehmen

Also, "to bring" is hardly ever used with "with me".

I hope that makes sense.