「今日{きょう}の夕食{ゆうしょく}は私{わたし}がごちそうします。」 Will I make the 夕食{ゆうしょく} or am I inviting someone to eating somewhere? Context: > {}{}{} I've research on {}, from the etymology to popular usages, but I'm still unsure whether it would be used, in this phrase, to invite someone to dinner somewhere or to indicate that "I" would be the one doing the dinner tonight. If it is a invite, is it an invitation to eat in a restaurant or somewhere outside, or is it that "I" am inviting (someone) to eating at my house?

It's an invitation to eat in a restaurant or somewhere outside.

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So can mean a nice meal whether eating at home or outside. But when we invite someone over for a meal, normally we wouldn't use the expression for a meal we serve. We would say or something like that.

So someone says "", he/she wants to treat you to a meal outside.

But when someone invites you to his/her house for a meal, you CAN say "".