Corro rápido después de la escuela.

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Breakdown of Corro rápido después de la escuela.

• la escuela: the school
• después de: after
• correr: to run
• rápido: fast

Questions & Answers about Corro rápido después de la escuela.

Why don’t we say Yo corro rápido instead?

In Spanish, it’s common to drop the subject pronoun (like yo) because the verb form (corro) already indicates who is performing the action. You can include yo for emphasis, but it’s not necessary in everyday speech.

Is rápido an adjective or an adverb here?

When you use rápido after a verb (like corro), it acts as an adverb meaning “quickly.” If you wanted to use a different form, you could say rápidamente, but rápido is still correct and very common in conversation.

How does después de work in this sentence?

The phrase después de literally translates to “after.” You use después de plus a noun (in this case, la escuela) to indicate something that happens subsequent to that noun or event.

Why is it de la escuela and not something like desde la escuela?

Desde la escuela would mean “from the school,” emphasizing a starting point of movement. Since we want to say “after school,” we use después de la escuela to show that the action happens once school has ended.