se rencontrer

[alya]

Bonjour!

I was under the impression that "rencontrer" and "se rencontrer" were only used to describe meeting someone by chance. Can they be used for an arranged meeting, also?

Here's my example. In an email, I wrote:
"A quelle heure voulez-vous rejoindre demain?"

My correspondent replied:
"Je sera occupe par un rendezvous en ville jusque onze heurs. Sera-t-il
possible pour nous rencontrer a onze heurs quinze?"

Which one of these sounds right to a native French speaker?

Merci beaucoup,
alya

 

[Benjy]

i would have written serait-il possible de se roncontrer à blah blah. but i am not a native. i just like sticking my oar in the pour seems wrong.
or vous pourriez me rejoindre à...

 

[beri]

jusqu'à onze heures

se rencontrer is ok if it is the first time, seems to me.
The next times, it would be "se retrouver"

 

[esteban]

Hi alya,

Normally there's a small difference between the two.

If you say:

"Est-il possible que nous nous rencontrions devant l'église à 17h?" what you mean is "Is it possible for us to meet in front of the church at 5 pm?"
And it is rather formal...one simple way of saying this would be "on se voit à 17h devant l'église?" ("See you at 5 pm in front of the church?").
Now if you say:
"Pouvez-vous me rejoindre au "café du pont"?" then you are supposed to be already in the cafe du pont and you're asking your interlocutor to come over the place...
Another example could be, you're walking with a friend and suddenly you realise that you forgot your wallet in some restaurant. If you don't want to ask him or her to come back to the restaurant with you, one way of saying it could be:
"Continue, je te rejoins après!" (Go on, I'll get you later!).

Cheers

 

[Jean-Michel Carrère]

'se voir' is also a very common, colloquial verb to use in the sense of meet.

 

[alya]

Merci pour l'assistance! I'm really glad I found this forum. C'est génial!

 

[Cath.S.]

Sera-t-il possible pour nous rencontrer a onze heurs quinze? => pourrions-nous nous rencontrer à onze heures et quart ?

"A quelle heure voulez-vous rejoindre demain?"

May I suggest that you say:

à quelle heure voulez-vous que nous nous donnions rendez-vous demain ?
à quelle heure voulez-vous que nous nous rencontrions demain ?
à quelle heure voulez-vous que nous nous voyions demain?

instead?