Going Out
Let's meet up!
Retrouver means to meet up with someone! But how about if you're saying people are all meeting up with each other? Then you add a pronoun like se.
Je retrouve mes amis devant le théâtre.
I meet up with my friends in front of the theater.
On se retrouve à sept heures du soir.
We meet up (with each other) at 7 PM.
You can also talk about seeing or meeting each other using pronouns like se!
Ils se sont rencontrés à l'école.
They met (each other) at school.
Nous nous voyons cet après‑midi à la réunion.
We'll see each other this afternoon at the meeting.
I receive my friends?
The verb recevoir means to receive something, but also to have someone over.
Nous recevons des cadeaux.
We receive gifts.
Il reçoit souvent des amis.
He often has friends over.
Take a look at the forms of recevoir! Notice that even though some forms use ç and some use c, they are both pronounced like an s!
| subject | verb (recevoir) |
| je I | reçois receive |
| tu you | reçois receive |
| il / elle he / she | reçoit receives |
| nous we | recevons receive |
| vous you all | recevez receive |
| ils / elles they | reçoivent receive |
Nous recevons des amis à dîner.
We're having friends over for dinner.
On étudie avec Duo ?
You've seen that to make suggestions, you can use questions or phrases like ça te dit de…
Tu m'aides à mettre la table ?
Can you help me set the table?
Ça te dit d'aller au resto ce soir ?
What about going to a restaurant tonight?
You can also use on to make a friendly invitation to do something!
On va au ciné demain soir ?
What about going to the movies tomorrow night?
Remember, on uses the same verb form as il and elle!