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Després de sopar, ja no tinc fam.
Meaning
After dinner, I am no longer hungry.
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Breakdown of Després de sopar, ja no tinc fam.
després de
after
sopar
to have dinner
tenir fam
to be hungry
ja no
no longer
Questions & Answers about Després de sopar, ja no tinc fam.
What does després de sopar literally mean?
Literally, it means after dining / after having dinner.
A very natural English translation is simply after dinner, but grammatically Catalan is using:
- després de = after
- sopar = to have dinner / dinner
So després de sopar can feel like after eating dinner.
Why is there de after després?
Because després de is the normal Catalan structure for after when it is followed by a noun or an infinitive.
Examples:
- després de classe = after class
- després de treballar = after working
- després de sopar = after dinner / after having dinner
So després on its own often needs de before the next element.
Is sopar here a verb or a noun?