How to say: When are we meeting?

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How would I say "When are we meeting?" in the context of asking a friend who I am planning to see e.g. tonight.

This should be really easy but I can't seem to find a way that sounds 'French'.

I tried things like:

Nico Mezeret · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-13 14:00:15Z

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A natural way to say it could be:

Quand est-ce qu'on se retrouve?

This is more informal but probably suited to the context if you're asking this to a friend.

answered Oct 13 '16 at 14:00

Nico Mezeret

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merci beaucoup! – Dahlai Oct 13 '16 at 14:32
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This is not that informal. An informal version would be "On se retrouve quand?" Of course there is more formal, as in "Quand se retrouve-t-on?", but none ever says that. – MorganFR Oct 13 '16 at 15:10

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Le Frog · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-13 15:09:00Z

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Even more informally than Dahlai's suggestions :

On se revoit quand ?

... sounds more living, native (spoken) French to me.

answered Oct 13 '16 at 15:09

Le Frog

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even "On se voit quand ?" – jlliagre Oct 13 '16 at 16:06
Indeed, or «Quand est-ce qu'on se voit ?», or else «Quand se (re)voit-on?». It appears the key to making this "sound French", as the original question put it, is in the choice of the verb "se voir" : to meet (or "se revoir" : meet again) and also the "indefinite pronoun" : «on» rather than «nous». – Le Frog Oct 13 '16 at 16:35
"se retrouver" doesn't sound like spoken French. It can be used for example if you are texting: "On se retrouve à 10h ?" but becomes weird when spoken. – Anne Aunyme Oct 14 '16 at 14:51

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