Ni renkontiĝos la dekan de julio ĉe la biblioteko.

We will meet on the tenth of July at the library.

Breakdown of Ni renkontiĝos la dekan de julio ĉe la biblioteko.

• la: the
• ni: we
• ĉe: at
• de: of

Questions & Answers about Ni renkontiĝos la dekan de julio ĉe la biblioteko.

What does renkontiĝos mean grammatically?

It breaks down like this:

• renkont- = the idea of meeting/encountering
• -iĝ- = makes the verb intransitive here, giving the sense of come together / meet each other
• -os = future tense

So Ni renkontiĝos means we will meet or we will meet each other.

Why is it renkontiĝos and not just renkontos?

Because renkonti is usually a transitive verb: you meet or encounter someone/something.

• Ni renkontos la instruiston = We will meet the teacher.

But when the people in the subject are meeting one another, Esperanto very often uses renkontiĝi:

• Ni renkontiĝos = We will meet each other / We will meet up.

Using renkontiĝos is the clearest and most natural choice here.

Why does dekan have an -n?

That -n is the accusative used for a time expression.

In Esperanto, a specific date can be expressed without a preposition by using the accusative:

• la dekan de julio = on the tenth of July

So the -n here does not mean a direct object. It marks time when.

You can think of it as a shortened form of something like = .