Depois do jantar, eu guardo a panela e coloco o lixo na lixeira.

After dinner, I put away the pot and put the trash in the trash can.

Breakdown of Depois do jantar, eu guardo a panela e coloco o lixo na lixeira.

• eu: I
• na: in
• e: and
• depois de: after

Questions & Answers about Depois do jantar, eu guardo a panela e coloco o lixo na lixeira.

Why is it depois do jantar and not depois jantar?

Because depois normally takes the preposition de.

So the full structure is:

• depois de + noun

Here, o jantar means the dinner / dinner, so:

• depois de o jantar becomes depois do jantar

That contraction happens because:

• de + o = do

So depois do jantar literally comes from after of-the dinner, but in natural English it is just after dinner.

What exactly is do in depois do jantar?

Do is a contraction of:

• de + o = do

Here:

• de = of / from, but after depois it is just part of the required grammar
• o = the
• jantar = dinner

So do jantar means of the dinner, though in English we simply say after dinner.

This kind of contraction is extremely common in Portuguese.

Is jantar a verb or a noun here?