"On se rencontrait dans ce parc, c'était romantique."

Translation: We used to meet at this park; it was romantic.

[Julian.Webb]

In English can't we say 'to meet in this park'?

[Steve286496]

Isn't retrouvait a better word than rencontrait for repeated, planned meetings? I think of rencontrer as a first-time meeting, which can't be repeated. Am I right?

[JonathanSk689393]

I think you're right. I hope a native Francophone can chime in.

[Peter782099]

I agree with the comments above: 'dans' means 'in' in all the other examples, and 'in' would make better sense too. 'at' would be correct if they met at the park GATES.

[DQetZoJ5]

we used to meet each other in this park; it was romantic why is this wrong

[MScottNataleonFB]

au parc - at the park
dans le parc - in the park
ça, c'est mon histoire, et je me la tiens fort.

[Iain76154]

At the park suggests just outside the park, not in it.

[stupefaite]

Is that's romantic wrong ? and were meeting each other as well ?

[Poef9]

I think I am siding with Duo this time. How I understand things (and I am a learner as well) is that "that's romantic" seems to be present tense, whereas the French is passé simple. Also, "we were meeting" seems to indicate a one-off past event, so that would suggest a passé composé (on s'est rencontré) rather than a imperfait (on rencontrait) as in this particular sentence.

On the other hand, it would seem to me that the imperfait (for rencontrer) would be used in a sentence ``we were meeting in the parc, when it started to rain''. It's confusing sometimes.

Please vote down if this is all wrong.

[Dave962976]

Exactly! Duo is ridiculously strict in their particular translation!

[JCfeGI]

Should be "in this park" not "at this park". Duo needs to fix.

[SarahLWigmore]

although literally correct better english is in the park not at the park.