Word
Te llamaré después de que termine la reunión.
Meaning
I'll call you after the meeting ends.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Te llamaré después de que termine la reunión.
llamar
to call
la reunión
the meeting
terminar
to finish / to end up (in a state) / to quite manage (in negatives, + infinitive)
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
Questions & Answers about Te llamaré después de que termine la reunión.
Why is termine in the subjunctive here instead of the future tense?
Even though the meeting ending happens in the future, Spanish uses the present subjunctive (termine) after time expressions like después de que when referring to an event that hasn't happened yet. You never use the future tense immediately after después de que.
Could I just say después de terminar instead of después de que termine?
No, because there are two different subjects in this sentence. The person calling is you (llamaré), but the thing ending is the meeting (la reunión). You only use después de followed by an unconjugated infinitive verb when the subject is the same for both actions. For example, 'I will call you after I finish' would be Te llamaré después de terminar.
Why does the verb termine come before its subject la reunión?
In Spanish, it is very common to put the subject after the verb in secondary clauses, especially with verbs related to happening, arriving, starting, or ending. You could absolutely say después de que la reunión termine, but después de que termine la reunión flows much more naturally for a native speaker.
What is the exact purpose of the que in después de que?