Rencontrer - To Meet?
Part of Level 2 | Choose Your Words
Rencontrer has a lot of different meanings, more than just ‘to meet’. Look at them all here.
rencontrer quelqu’un – to meet someone for the first time, to run into once, to come across once
Elle a rencontré son fiancé l’année dernière.
J’ai enfin rencontré son fils l’autre jour.
Ouf ! Je n’ai pas rencontré de lynx.
She met her fiancé for the first time last year.
I finally met her fiancé for the first time the other day.
Phew! I didn’t meet a bobcat.
se rencontrer – to meet one another for the first time, to run into one another once, to come across one another once
Ils se sont rencontrés.
Nous nous sommes rencontrés.
They met for the first time.
We met for the first time.
retrouver ou rejoindre quelqu’un – to meet someone at a certain place
Je le retrouve sur Skype tous les jeudis.
Je la rejoint au Café du Centre à 16H00.
I meet him on Skype every Thursday.
I’m meeting her at the Café du Centre at 4.
se retrouver ou se rejoindre – to meet one another at a certain place, a certain time
On se retrouve sur Skype tous les mercredis.
Ils se sont rejoints hier sur Skype.
We meet on Skype every Wednesday.
They met (talked) by Skype yesterday.
se retrouver – to reconnect, to reconnect after a long time, to find oneself in a special situation, to feel a particular way
Ils se sont retrouvés hier sur Skype.
They reconnected by Skype yesterday.
On s’est retrouvés coincés avec eux. La galère !
We got (found ourselves) stuck with them. What a drag!
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