spotykac/poznawac

what is the corredt usage for poznawać and spotykać. they both mean to meet, butn in what context.

thanks

chaza

Spotykać = when you met someone you know it the club for example
Poznawać = when you meet someone for the first time

I'd also say that spotykać is more than once whereas spotkać (which takes się) is once.

E.g Często się spotykamy = We meet each other often

Spotkamy się w piątek = We are meeting on Friday

Poznać = to get to know

Cinek

Spotykać - to see someone, eg. I'm seeing my friend in an hour.

Poznawać - when people are introduced to each other and get to know each other

spotykać, poznawać - it is an iterative, repeated occurence of the same action

spotkać, poznać - one-occurence of the action, the action is completed

Think of spotykać of being like the present continuous in English. I am meeting my friend. Not in the sense of a continuous action we are doing now but more a fixed arrangement.

It contains perfective and imperfective when you introduce spotkać.