سنلتقي لاحقا.

The prefix سـ means will and marks the future.

So:

• نلتقي = we meet / we are meeting
• سنلتقي = we will meet

It is attached directly to the verb. In more formal wording, Arabic can also use سوف instead:

• سوف نلتقي = we will meet

Both are correct; سـ is just shorter.

Because the verb is in the imperfect form and begins with نـ, which marks first person plural.

So:

• ألتقي = I meet
• نلتقي = we meet
• يلتقي = he meets
• تلتقي = she meets or you meet depending on context

In Arabic, the subject is often built into the verb itself.

Usually, no.

سنلتقي already means we will meet, so adding نحن is not necessary. Arabic often leaves the subject pronoun unstated when the verb already makes it clear.

• سنلتقي لاحقًا = We will meet later
• نحن سنلتقي لاحقًا = also possible, but more emphatic, like we will meet later

The dictionary form is التقى, which is the past tense form meaning met.

This verb is commonly given as:

• التقى = he met
• يلتقي = he meets / he is meeting

So نلتقي is the same verb in the imperfect, with نـ added for we.

Its root is ل ق ي, connected with the idea of meeting or encountering.

Because the verb التقى / يلتقي already naturally carries the idea of meeting, which is often understood as mutual.

So سنلتقي by itself can mean:

• we will meet
• in context, we will meet each other

Arabic does not need an extra word here the way English sometimes does.

لاحقًا means later, later on, or afterward.

It comes from لاحق, which as an adjective can mean following or subsequent, but here it is being used adverbially, so the whole sentence means:

• سنلتقي لاحقًا = We will meet later

It is a very common and natural word in Modern Standard Arabic.

That ending shows the word is in the accusative indefinite form, often used when a word functions like an adverb in MSA.

So لاحقًا is literally something like later used adverbially.

Learners do not need to overthink this at first, but the important point is:

• لاحقًا is the standard MSA way to write later

In fully vowelled formal Arabic, that ending is part of correct grammar.

No. سنلتقي specifically means we will meet.

Compare:

• سألتقي = I will meet
• سنلتقي = we will meet

That one letter makes a big difference:

• أ = I
• ن = we

Yes, it is natural in Modern Standard Arabic, especially as a straightforward future statement.

It literally means We will meet later, and in context it can work like See you later.

However, in actual leave-taking, Arabic also often uses other expressions, such as:

• إلى اللقاء = Goodbye / Until we meet again
• أراك لاحقًا = I’ll see you later

So سنلتقي لاحقًا is correct and natural, but it sounds a bit more like a statement about the future than a fixed goodbye formula.

Usually with التقى, Arabic often uses the preposition بـ for the person met.

For example:

• سنلتقي بالمدير لاحقًا = We will meet the manager later
• سألتقي بصديقي غدًا = I will meet my friend tomorrow

But in سنلتقي لاحقًا, no object is needed, because it simply means we will meet.