Breakdown of El colega dice que el director va a renunciar.
ir
to go
a
to
que
that / than
decir
to say, to tell
Questions & Answers about El colega dice que el director va a renunciar.
Can I drop que and just say El colega dice el director... like in English?
No, you cannot. In English, we often drop the word 'that' (The colleague says the director...). In Spanish, the connecting word que is completely mandatory in reported speech. You must always use dice que.
Why does colega use the masculine el when it ends in '-a'?
Why is the sentence using va a renunciar?
This uses the ir a + infinitive structure, which literally translates to 'is going to resign'. This is the most common and natural way to talk about future plans or events in everyday spoken Spanish.