Antes de la boda, haremos un pequeño ensayo con el coro para practicar la música romántica.

Before the wedding, we will do a small rehearsal with the choir to practice the romantic music.

Breakdown of Antes de la boda, haremos un pequeño ensayo con el coro para practicar la música romántica.

• un: a
• pequeño: small
• la música: the music
• para: to

Questions & Answers about Antes de la boda, haremos un pequeño ensayo con el coro para practicar la música romántica.

Why is it antes de la boda and not antes la boda?

Antes on its own is an adverb, but when it’s followed by a noun it normally needs de:

• antes de la boda = before the wedding
• antes de la cena = before dinner

Antes la boda is ungrammatical. You either say:

• antes de + noun → antes de la boda
• antes de que + verb → antes de que empiece la boda (before the wedding starts)

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What’s the difference between antes de la boda and antes de que nos casemos?

Both can describe a time before the wedding, but grammatically they’re different:

• antes de la boda

  • de + noun
  • Literal: before the wedding (treats the wedding as an event/thing)

• antes de que nos casemos

  • de que + verb (a whole clause)
  • Requires the subjunctive (nos casemos, not nos casamos)
  • Literal: before we get married

Use antes de + noun when you just mention an event. Use antes de que + subjunctive when you mention an action/situation as a clause.

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Why is the future tense haremos used here instead of hacemos or vamos a hacer?