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Després de sopar, eixuga el taulell i guarda el davantal a l'armari.
Meaning
After dinner, dry the counter and put the apron away in the cupboard.
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Breakdown of Després de sopar, eixuga el taulell i guarda el davantal a l'armari.
a
in
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and
després de
after
sopar
to have dinner
Questions & Answers about Després de sopar, eixuga el taulell i guarda el davantal a l'armari.
Why is it després de sopar and not something like després del sopar?
Després de + infinitive is a very common Catalan pattern meaning after doing something.
So:
- després de sopar = after eating dinner / after dinner
- literally, it is after dining
If you say després del sopar, that means after the dinner or after dinner with sopar treated as a noun. Both can exist, but després de sopar is the more general verbal idea: after having dinner.
This is similar to other Catalan patterns:
- abans de sortir = before going out
- després de treballar = after working
Is eixuga a command?
Yes. Eixuga is the informal singular imperative of eixugar.
So here it means:
- eixuga = wipe / dry
The sentence is giving instructions to one person, like:
- Wipe the counter and put away the apron in the cupboard.
Related forms:
- eixugar = to wipe, to dry
- eixuga! = wipe! / dry!
- eixugueu! = wipe! (to more than one person, or polite plural)
- eixugui! = wipe! (formal singular)