[General] I was an icident meeting.

[kompstar]

Are the sentences below correct, natural and do they mean the same?

1) I was an incident meeting.
2) It was an incident meeting.

 

[Rover_KE]

1) does not make sense.

What do you mean by 'an incident meeting'?

 

[kompstar]

What do you mean by 'an incident meeting'?

a situation when two people come together by case

I also thouht that 1st sentence doesn't make sense but I found such sentence in my dictionary so I asked this question to make sure that 1st senetnce is wrong. But 2nd sentence is ok?

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello, kompstar.

Perhaps you mean 'a situation where two people meet by chance'.
If that's what you mean, the phrase would be an 'accidental meeting'.

 

[kompstar]

Perhaps you mean 'a situation where two people meet by chance'.

Exactly What I mean, so correct sentence is "It was an accidental meeting."?

 

[tzfujimino]

I'm not sure if it's natural or not, but it makes sense.
(Please wait for native speakers to respond.)

 

[emsr2d2]

That's exactly what I mean. So is the correct sentence [strike]is[/strike] "It was an accidental meeting"?

See my corrections above.

Are you sure that the sentence quoted in your dictionary (sentence 1) started with the word "I", not "It"? Which dictionary was it in and which word were you looking up at the time?

 

[kompstar]

Yes, I'm sure. I have a dictionary called "Wielki słownik angielsko-polski...." on my computer...

 

[Rover_KE]

'I was an incident meeting' still does not make sense.

 

[emsr2d2]

Does the word "to" in Polish mean "I" in English?

 

[kompstar]

Does the word "to" in Polish mean "I" in English?

No, the word "to" means "it" (sometimes "this", that").

My basic question is the sentence "It was an accidental meeting." correct and natural?

 

[Tarheel]

Is the sentence "It was an accidental meeting" correct and natural?

Definitely! "It was an accidental meeting" means it was an unplanned meeting.

 

[emsr2d2]

I recommend you find a better dictionary/translator.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'a situation where two people meet by chance'.

I think it is a chance meeting, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Polyester]

I recommend you find a better dictionary/translator.

Which ones are better?
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
http://www.ldoceonline.com/

 

[tzfujimino]

Which ones are better?
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Hello, Polyester.

I've used all of them. They are all good in my opinion.

 

[Matthew Wai]

However, some people do not have a high opinion on the last one in the above list.
That said, I am not among those people, but I am not a teacher.

 

[tzfujimino]

So many men, so many minds.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Would it be very formal to say 'a fortuitous encounter'?

 

[Tarheel]

Would it be very formal to say 'a fortuitous encounter'?

I don't think it's necessarily formal, but it does mean that the encounter was a lucky one. (Perhaps you were planning (or hoping) to meet that person anyway, then there they are.)