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"Pudiera encontrarse conmigo despues de trabajo esta semana para charlar?"

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Hi guys, I'm wondering if the above is correct. The English translation of what I am asking is "would you be able to meet with me after work this week to chat?" SpanishDict says that to meet(up) with somebody is encontrarse con, but I am wondering if the reflexive pronoun should be 'se' (refer to the usted to whom I am writing) or 'me'.

Thanks!

The ' with' is unnecessary, apart from that good automatic translation. ' se' refers to the you, not to the speaker. - annierats, Oct 9, 2012

Thanks for the answer annierats- though I don't quite understand. If I were to remove the "con", it would read "Pudiera encontrarse migo despues de trabajo esta semana para charlar?", and that isn't correct. Can you help me understand what you mean? - halofan00, Oct 9, 2012

Sorry, in the English version. In English we meet! We don't meet 'with". Except, you may meet with misfortune etc. - annierats, Oct 9, 2012

Answer 1

Hi, Halofan.

I'd go with....

"¿Pudiera(s) reunir(se)(te) conmigo despues del trabajo esta semana para charlar?"

I used the verb "reunirse" because "encontrar" usually means "to meet by chance" instead of making a plan to meet.

Great to know, thanks! - halofan00, Oct 9, 2012

Although the dictionary does use "encontrarse" for meeting, it's used much less than "reunirse" in my experience. - --Mariana--, Oct 9, 2012

Answer 2

"Pudiera encontrarse conmigo despues de trabajo esta semana para charlar?", suena a traductor mecánico.

Necesita mejorar la sintaxis con algo así: Me pregunto si pudiera reunirse conmigo un día de esta semana después que salga del trabajo. (I wonder if I could meet you one day this week after leaving work.) Si se trata de conseguir una cita informal, no romántica

Si es una solicitud romántica para lograr un encuentro para hablar o cenar pudiera decirse: Me sentiría honrado si acepta una invitación a cenar uno de estos días después del trabajo.(I would be honored if you accept an invitation to dinner one of these days after work.)

Worth a vote. Viejito :) - viejito, Oct 9, 2012

Answer 3

As you can see from this prior thread, I asked the same question over three years ago when I started here at SpanishDict.

How to say "meet" in Spanish?

Sixteen answers on that post! - --Mariana--, Oct 9, 2012