Rezamos antes de comer.

to eat

Breakdown of Rezamos antes de comer.

• antes de: before
• rezar: to pray

Questions & Answers about Rezamos antes de comer.

What form is rezamos?

Rezamos is the 1st person plural form of rezar (to pray), so it means we pray.

In this sentence, it is understood as the present tense: we pray before eating.

A useful extra point: rezamos can also be the preterite form (we prayed). Spanish has some verb forms that look the same in the present and the preterite. Here, the context makes it clear that it means the present tense.

Why doesn’t the sentence say nosotros rezamos?

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending -amos already tells you the subject is we. So:

• Rezamos antes de comer. = We pray before eating.
• Nosotros rezamos antes de comer. = also correct, but more emphatic

You would usually add nosotros only if you want to stress we, contrast it with someone else, or make the subject especially clear.

Why is it antes de comer and not antes comer?

Because after antes, Spanish normally uses de before a verb in the infinitive.

The pattern is:

• antes de + infinitive

So:

• antes de comer = before eating
• antes de salir = before leaving
• antes de dormir = before sleeping

Without de, it would be ungrammatical here.