Breakdown of Després, la cambrera va escriure la comanda.
escriure
to write
després
afterwards
la cambrera
the waitress
la comanda
the order
Questions & Answers about Després, la cambrera va escriure la comanda.
What does després do in this sentence?
Després means afterwards, later, or then. Here it works as a time adverb, setting the action in sequence.
Putting it at the beginning is very natural when telling a story:
- Després, la cambrera va escriure la comanda.
- Then, the waitress wrote down the order.
The comma after després is also normal when it introduces the whole sentence.
Why is there la before both cambrera and comanda?
La is the feminine singular definite article, equivalent to the.
It appears twice because both nouns are feminine singular:
- la cambrera = the waitress
- la comanda = the order
Catalan uses articles very regularly, often more regularly than English does.
What does cambrera mean exactly, and what would the masculine form be?