Breakdown of Después del partido, los jugadores comparten agua y hablan del deporte.
y
and
después de
after
hablar
to talk
compartir
to share
el agua
the water
de
about
el jugador
the player
el partido
the match
el deporte
the sport
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Questions & Answers about Después del partido, los jugadores comparten agua y hablan del deporte.
Why is después del used instead of después de el?
Because in Spanish the preposition de plus the definite article el contract to form del. So después de el partido correctly becomes después del partido.
What does partido mean here and how is it different from juego?
Partido refers to a formal sports match (e.g., a soccer or basketball match). Juego is a more general word for any game or play activity (board games, children’s games, etc.).
Why is there no article before agua in comparten agua?
When you speak of uncountable substances (water, milk, sand) in Spanish, you often omit the article to mean “some water.” Saying comparten el agua would imply a specific or previously mentioned water supply.
Is agua masculine or feminine? Why do we sometimes see el agua?
Agua is grammatically feminine, but it starts with a stressed “a.” Spanish uses el instead of la before a singular feminine noun that begins with a stressed “a” to avoid the cacophony of two adjacent “a” sounds. The noun remains feminine, so adjectives agree in the feminine: el agua fría.
What does comparten mean? Is it just “share”?
Yes. Comparten is the third-person plural present tense of compartir, meaning “to share.” Here, los jugadores comparten agua means “the players share water.”
Why is it hablan del deporte and not hablan de el deporte?
Just like después del, de + el contracts to del. And hablar de means “to talk about,” so hablan del deporte translates to “they talk about the sport.”
Why is deporte singular instead of plural?
When you talk about sports in a general sense, Spanish often uses the singular deporte (“sport”). If you mean different kinds of sports or multiple sports events, you’d say deportes.
Why use los jugadores instead of adding a pronoun like ellos?
In Spanish, the definite article + noun (los jugadores) is enough to express “the players.” The subject pronoun ellos is unnecessary because the verb ending -en in comparten already indicates third-person plural.