Después de responder, podemos pasar a otra pregunta.

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Breakdown of Después de responder, podemos pasar a otra pregunta.

• después de: after
• a: to
• poder: can

Questions & Answers about Después de responder, podemos pasar a otra pregunta.

Why is it después de responder and not después responder?

Because después is followed by de before an infinitive.

A very common pattern in Spanish is:

• después de + infinitive
• antes de + infinitive

So:

• Después de responder = After answering
• Antes de salir = Before leaving

You cannot normally say después responder in standard Spanish.

Why is responder in the infinitive form?

After después de, Spanish normally uses the infinitive when the action is general or when no new subject is introduced.

So:

• Después de responder, ... literally means After answering, ...

This is similar to English after answering rather than after I answer.

If you wanted to make the subject more explicit with a full clause, you would need a different structure, for example:

• Después de que respondamos, ... = After we answer, ...

But in your sentence, the infinitive is the natural and simple option.

Why is there a comma after responder?