Question 1

Why is it después del here instead of just después?

Accepted Answer

The word después means afterwards or then when used on its own. However, when you want to say after [something or someone], you must use después de. Because the next word is el (the), de and el combine into the mandatory contraction del.

Question 2

Why do we use es instead of está for it is your turn?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, we use the verb ser (here, es) to talk about time, events, and turns. Even though a turn feels temporary, the fact of whose turn it is counts as an event taking place, so ser is the correct choice.

Question 3

Why does rojo come after jugador?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like colors almost always come after the noun they describe. So the red player becomes el jugador rojo (the player red).

Question 4

Could I say el turno tuyo instead of tu turno?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can. es tu turno is the most common and natural way to say it is your turn, but es el turno tuyo is also grammatically correct. It just sounds a bit more emphatic, like saying it is the turn that belongs to you.

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