Questions & Answers about Después de entrenar, voy a tomarme un té caliente.
Why does después de come before an infinitive here: después de entrenar?
Because in Spanish, después de + infinitive is a very common way to say after doing something.
- después de entrenar = after training / after working out
- después de comer = after eating
- después de estudiar = after studying
English often uses after + -ing, but Spanish normally uses después de + infinitive.
Why is it entrenar and not a conjugated verb like entreno or entrené?
After después de, Spanish normally uses the infinitive when the subject is understood in a general way or is the same person as in the main clause.
So:
- Después de entrenar, voy a tomarme un té caliente. = After training / after I train, I’m going to have a hot tea.
You would not usually say después de entreno here, because entreno is a conjugated form, and that structure is not what Spanish uses after de.
What does voy a mean here?