What should we do on your day-off?

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A: What should we do on your day-off?
B: If it stops raining tonight, we will be able to play basketball in the park tomorrow.

Does this conversation make sense? How should I revise it?
 
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A's question is strange. Why is A asking B what they should do on B's day-off? Why not ask what they should do tomorrow?

B statement doesn't answer A's question.
 
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Because A wants to know about B's day off, not about tomorrow,
B's answer is about tomorrow, not B's day off.
 

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I missed that, but tomorrow could be B's day off.
 
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There shouldn't be a hyphen in "day off".
A: What should we do on your day-off?
B: If it stops raining tonight, we will be able to play basketball in the park tomorrow.

Does this conversation make sense? How should I revise it?
If tomorrow is indeed B's day off, the following dialogue would be more natural:

A: What shall we do on your day off [tomorrow]?
B: If it's not raining, let's play basketball.
 
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