Breakdown of Después de la escala, tendré que comprar un café.
de
of
un
a, an, some
comprar
to buy
el café
the coffee
tener
to have
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
después
then / afterwards (later in time)
la escala
the layover
Questions & Answers about Después de la escala, tendré que comprar un café.
Why is it después de instead of just después?
When después (after) is followed directly by a noun or an infinitive verb, you must connect them with de. In this sentence, it connects to the noun la escala (the layover). If it stood alone at the end of a phrase, like in the English "I will buy a coffee after", you would just use después without the de.
Does escala always mean "layover"?
Not always! While it commonly means "layover" or "stopover" in the context of flights and travel, escala can also mean "scale" (like on a map, a grading scale, or a musical scale) and sometimes "ladder".
Why is tendré in the future tense, but comprar is not?
Tendré is the "I" form of the future tense for tener (to have). The phrase tener que means "to have to [do something]", and the grammatical rule is that it must always be followed by an infinitive (unconjugated) verb. Therefore, the future tense only applies to the first verb, making tendré que comprar translate to "I will have to buy".
Could I say después de que la escala?
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