Nous nous retrouvons au café après le boulot.

The first nous is the subject pronoun: we.

The second nous is the reflexive pronoun used with the pronominal verb se retrouver.

So the pattern is:

• nous = we
• nous retrouvons = meet up / find ourselves / get together, depending on context

In this sentence, se retrouver means to meet up or to get together again, so Nous nous retrouvons is completely normal French grammar.

Not exactly.

• retrouver usually means to find again, to get back, or to recover
  • Je retrouve mes clés = I find my keys again
• se retrouver has several meanings, including:
  • to find oneself
  • to end up
  • to meet up / get together again

Here, se retrouver means to meet up.

So in this sentence, it is not about literally finding ourselves. It means something like we meet up at the café after work.

Yes.

The French present tense can describe:

• a habit: We meet up at the café after work
• a planned or near-future event: We’re meeting up at the café after work

So this sentence could mean either one, depending on context.

If you want to make the future more explicit, you could say:

• Nous nous retrouverons au café après le boulot.

That is clearly future: We’ll meet up at the café after work.

Because à + le contracts to au in French.

So:

• à + le = au
• à + les = aux

That means:

• au café = at/to the café

You cannot normally say à le café. The contraction is required.

Here it means the place, not the drink.

Because the sentence says au café, it is talking about a location:

• au café = at the café / at the coffee shop / at the bar, depending on context

If French means the drink, it would usually appear differently, for example:

• Je bois un café = I’m drinking a coffee

So in this sentence, café is a place.

It can mean either one in French, depending on the verb and the context.

With se retrouver, the idea is usually location: the place where people meet.

So here the most natural understanding is:

• au café = at the café

If you wanted to emphasize movement toward the café, you would more likely use a motion verb, for example:

• Nous allons au café = We’re going to the café

Boulot means work or job, but it is informal and everyday.

So:

• après le boulot = after work

Register-wise:

• le travail = neutral / standard
• le boulot = informal, very common in speech
• le taf = even more colloquial

So this sentence sounds natural and conversational, not very formal.

French often uses a definite article where English uses no article.

So French says:

• après le boulot
• après le travail

Even though English usually just says after work.

This is one of those places where French and English structure things differently. The le does not necessarily mean a very specific, individually identified piece of work. It is just the normal French way to say it.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are correct:

• après le boulot = more informal, conversational
• après le travail = more neutral or slightly more formal

So the choice depends mostly on tone.

Yes. In spoken French, that is very common.

You could say:

• On se retrouve au café après le boulot.

That is often more natural in everyday conversation than Nous nous retrouvons...

A useful comparison:

• nous nous retrouvons = more careful, a bit more formal, more common in writing
• on se retrouve = very common in speech

Both are correct.

Yes.

You can say:

• Nous nous retrouvons au café après le boulot.
• Après le boulot, nous nous retrouvons au café.

Both are correct.

The difference is mostly emphasis:

• putting après le boulot at the end sounds neutral
• putting it at the beginning emphasizes the time

French is flexible here, as long as the sentence remains clear.

It can sound like either one.

Without extra context, French allows both readings:

• a habit: We meet up at the café after work
• a plan: We’re meeting up at the café after work

Context usually makes it clear.

For example:

• If you are describing your routine, it sounds habitual.
• If you are texting someone about later today, it sounds like a plan.