Breakdown of Després de sopar, vull dormir aviat.
Questions & Answers about Després de sopar, vull dormir aviat.
In Després de sopar, the word sopar is being used as an infinitive verb, meaning to have dinner / to eat dinner.
After després de (after), Catalan often uses an infinitive:
- després de menjar = after eating
- després de treballar = after working
- després de sopar = after having dinner
It is true that sopar can also be a noun in some contexts, but here the structure clearly works like after + verb.
Després de means after.
It is commonly followed by:
- a noun: després del sopar = after the dinner / after dinner
- an infinitive: després de sopar = after having dinner
In this sentence, després de sopar is the natural way to say after dinner / after having dinner.