Després de dinar, guardaré l'informe al despatx abans d'enviar-lo a la clienta.

After lunch, I will put the report in the office before sending it to the client.

Breakdown of Després de dinar, guardaré l'informe al despatx abans d'enviar-lo a la clienta.

• a: in
• a: to
• després de: after
• abans de: before

Questions & Answers about Després de dinar, guardaré l'informe al despatx abans d'enviar-lo a la clienta.

Why is it després de dinar and not després del dinar?

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

després de dinar uses de + infinitive and means after eating lunch / after having lunch. It focuses on the action.

després del dinar uses the noun el dinar and means after the lunch / after the meal. It focuses more on the event or meal as a thing.

Catalan often uses preposition + infinitive where English uses after + -ing:

• després de dinar = after having lunch
• abans de sortir = before leaving

What tense is guardaré?

guardaré is the future simple, first person singular: I will keep / I will put away / I will store.

It is formed from the infinitive guardar + the future ending -é.

So:

• guardar = to keep / store
• guardaré = I will keep / I will store

In Catalan, this simple future is very normal and natural, not especially formal.

Why is it l'informe instead of el informe?

Because the masculine singular article el becomes l' before a vowel sound.

So:

• el llibre = the book
• l'informe = the report
• l'home = the man

This is called elision. Catalan does this very regularly to avoid a clumsy vowel sequence.