Breakdown of Després de sopar, vull dormir aviat.
voler
to want
després de
after
sopar
to have dinner
dormir
to sleep
Questions & Answers about Després de sopar, vull dormir aviat.
Why does sopar mean to have dinner here, and not dinner?
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.
What exactly does després de mean, and is it always used this way?
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.
Why is there no subject pronoun like jo in vull dormir aviat?