Ni renkontiĝos ĉe la biblioteko post la laboro.

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Breakdown of Ni renkontiĝos ĉe la biblioteko post la laboro.

• ni: we
• ĉe: at
• laboro: the work

Questions & Answers about Ni renkontiĝos ĉe la biblioteko post la laboro.

What does renkontiĝos mean, and how is it built?

renkontiĝos can be broken down like this:

• renkont- = the idea of meeting
• -iĝ- = a suffix that often means become / get into a state / happen by itself, and it often makes a verb intransitive
• -os = future tense, will

So renkontiĝos means will meet or more specifically will meet up.

In this sentence, with Ni (we), it naturally means we will meet each other / we will meet up.

Why is it renkontiĝos instead of just renkontos?

This is a very common question.

• renkonti usually means to meet someone or to encounter someone
• renkontiĝi usually means to meet up, often with the idea that the people meet one another

So:

• Ni renkontos lin. = We will meet him.
• Ni renkontiĝos. = We will meet up.

If you say Ni renkontos, it can sound more like we will encounter or it may feel as if an object is missing unless the context is very clear.
Ni renkontiĝos is the natural choice when two or more people are arranging to meet each other.

What does ĉe mean here?