A Capodanno, dopo che avremo finito di cenare, mangeremo un po’ d’uva e brinderemo con calma in soggiorno.

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Breakdown of A Capodanno, dopo che avremo finito di cenare, mangeremo un po’ d’uva e brinderemo con calma in soggiorno.

• con: with
• e: and
• mangiare: to eat

Questions & Answers about A Capodanno, dopo che avremo finito di cenare, mangeremo un po’ d’uva e brinderemo con calma in soggiorno.

Why does the sentence begin with A Capodanno? What does a mean here?

Here a is used in an idiomatic time expression. A Capodanno means at New Year / on New Year’s.

Italian often uses a with holidays and special occasions:

• a Natale
• a Pasqua
• a Capodanno

So this is not literally about movement toward something; it is just the normal preposition for this kind of time phrase.

Why is the verb avremo finito used instead of a simple future like finiremo?

Avremo finito is the future perfect. Italian uses it to show that one future action will be completed before another future action.

Here the sequence is:

1. first, we will finish dinner
2. then, we will eat some grapes and make a toast

So dopo che avremo finito di cenare means after we have finished having dinner.

This is very natural in Italian when talking about a completed action in the future that comes before another future action.

Why is it dopo che avremo finito and not a subjunctive form?