Word
Después de la terapia respiro profundamente y me siento más tranquilo.
Meaning
After therapy I breathe deeply and feel calmer.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Después de la terapia respiro profundamente y me siento más tranquilo.
yo
I
y
and
más
more
después de
after
Questions & Answers about Después de la terapia respiro profundamente y me siento más tranquilo.
Why is there no yo before respiro and me siento?
In Spanish, the subject pronoun (like yo, tú, él) is often dropped because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.
- respiro = I breathe (the -o ending shows it’s yo)
- me siento = I feel (again, -o shows yo)
You only add yo when you want to emphasize it, for example:
- Después de la terapia yo respiro profundamente…
(I do, as opposed to someone else.)
In neutral sentences like this one, you normally leave yo out.
Why is it después de la terapia and not just después la terapia?
When después is followed by a noun, it must use de:
- después de + noun
después la terapia is grammatically incorrect.
If you don’t mention a noun and just say “afterwards,” then you use después alone:
- Después respiro profundamente. = Afterwards I breathe deeply.
Can I say después de terapia without the article la? What’s the difference?