Breakdown of ¿Qué haces después de trabajar?
de
from / of
trabajar
to work
qué
what
hacer
to do / to make
después
after / afterwards
Questions & Answers about ¿Qué haces después de trabajar?
Why is it trabajar instead of trabajando for working?
In English, we often use the -ing form after words like after or before. In Spanish, whenever a verb comes directly after a preposition like de, you must use the infinitive form (the unconjugated dictionary form ending in -ar, -er, or -ir). That is why we use trabajar here instead of trabajando.
Why do we need the word de after después?
The word después by itself just means afterwards or later. When you want to specify what happens next by saying after doing something, you must use the connecting phrase después de.
Does haces mean you do or you make?
How would I ask this same question formally?
The word haces goes with tú, the informal word for you. To be formal (using usted), you drop the final s and use hace. The sentence becomes ¿Qué hace después de trabajar?
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