Breakdown of Él quiere coordinar el transporte después de que repartamos la agenda.
él
he
de
from / of
querer
to want
que
that / than
después
after / afterwards
coordinar
to coordinate
repartir
to distribute / to hand out
la agenda
the agenda / the schedule
el transporte
the transportation
Questions & Answers about Él quiere coordinar el transporte después de que repartamos la agenda.
Why is repartamos in the subjunctive instead of the indicative (repartimos)?
We use the subjunctive after después de que when the action refers to the future and hasn't happened yet. Since the agenda hasn't been distributed yet, it is a pending action, which triggers the subjunctive.
Could we just say después de repartir without the que and the subjunctive?
No, because the two actions have different subjects. He (él) is doing the coordinating, but we (nosotros) are doing the distributing. You can only drop the que and use the infinitive (después de repartir) if the exact same person is doing both actions.
Why isn't the first verb (quiere) in the subjunctive too?
The first part of the sentence states a current reality: it is a fact that he wants to coordinate the transport right now, so we use the indicative (quiere). The subjunctive is only triggered in the second clause because that specific action is the one that hasn't happened yet.
Does agenda mean the exact same thing in Spanish as it does in English?
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