Breakdown of Tú abres la puerta y decides descansar.
tú
you (informal singular)
y
and
la puerta
the door
descansar
to rest
Questions & Answers about Tú abres la puerta y decides descansar.
Why do abres and decides end in -es if they come from verbs ending in -ir?
Why is descansar left in its full dictionary form instead of changing to descansas?
In Spanish, when you have two verbs back-to-back where the first one leads into the second, you only conjugate the first verb. So decidir becomes decides (you decide), but descansar stays in its infinitive form, matching the English "to rest".
Does tú always need an accent mark?
Yes, when it means "you" as the subject of the sentence, tú must have a written accent mark. This helps tell it apart from tu without an accent, which means "your" (like in tu puerta, meaning "your door").
Do I have to say tú at the beginning, or could I just start with abres?