Weekend Subjunctive Practice 16: Después de que
¡Bienvenido a nuestro hilo! Each weekend, Cordobesa and I will present a different topic on everybody’s favorite subject… the subjunctive!
We will give an explanation of the topic, and a couple of examples.
Write sentences at least 5 words long. Write your Spanish sentence, and include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by Cordobesa in the comments section. Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.)
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Weekend Subjunctive Practice 16: Después de que
Explanation:
Let’s first look at “después de”, which functions as a preposition in Spanish meaning “after”. Normally there is not a change of subject, as in the following examples, and it is followed by the infinitive.
Examples:
Voy a estudiar después de cenar.
I am going to study after eating dinner. (“I” will study after “I” eat dinner.)
Venid a mi casa después de ver la peli.
Come to my house after watching the movie. (“You all” come to my house after “you all” watch the movie.)
However, as we have seen many times, when there is a change of subject, “después de que” is used, and the verb following “que” is conjugated in the subjunctive.
Examples:
Voy a estudiar después de que mi hermana use el ordenador.
I am going to study after my sister uses the computer.
Venid a mi casa después de que termine la peli.
Come to my house after the movie ends.
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Después de que mi nuera dé a luz esta semana, tendré cinco nietos.
After my daughter-in-law gives birth this week, I will have five grandchildren.
I never slept well again after the dog found out that he liked my bed.
Nunca volví a dormir igual de bien después de que el perro descubriera que le gustaba mi cama.
Después de que yo haga algunas tareas en el jardín y que mi esposa haga algunos quehaceres domésticos, vamos a un festival de cerveza y luego a un restaurante para cenar- parece que mi esposa cree que la mejor manera de convencerme de que debería salir con ella es incluir cerveza en los planes.
After I do some chores in the garden and my wife does some housework, we are going to a beer festival and then a restaurant to dine- it seems that my wife thinks that the best way to convince me that I should go out with her is to include beer in the plans.
A veces te das cuenta de lo mucho que alguien te amaba sólo despues de que se vaya. Pero bueno, otras veces eso funciona al revés: algunas personas tienen que marcharse de tu vida para que comprendas que ellas han sido una carga enorme para ti.
Sometimes you realize how much somebody loved you only after they go away. But other times it works the other way round: some people have to walk away from your life so that you can understand that they have been an enormous burden for you.
Maurice is going to bake blueberry muffins after I fry the bacon.
Maurice va a hornear los muffins arándandos después de que yo fría el tocino.
(magdalenas de arándanos?)
It will be time to watch a movie after I finish writing this post.
Será el momento de ver una película después de que termine de escribir esta respuesta.
Llevamos a Little Bob a dar un paseo después de que dejara de llover.
We took Little Bob for a walk, after it stopped raining.
Volvamos a casa después de que el sol se ponga.
Let´s go home after the sun sets.
Después de tirar el sillón favorito de Wolfie a la basura me arrepentía pero Wolfie me dijó que no le importa, uno se duerme mejor en el sofá.
After chucking Wolfie's favourite arm-chair on the rubbish- tip I regretted it , but Wolfie said it doesn't matter, one sleeps better in the sofa.
Cocinará la cena después de que regresemos de lascompras.
She will cook dinner after we come back from shopping.
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Unos años atrás, los abuelos dieron tantos huevos de chocolate a mis hijos que , después de comerselos, se marearon.
Some years ago their grandparents gave my children so many chocolate eggs that, after gobbling them all up, the children felt sick.
Si el amigo de Katy me diera una de sus magdalenas famosas creo que podría escribir una frase mejor después de comérmela.
If Katy's friend were to give me one of his famous muffins, I think I would be able to write a better sentence after eating it. ( the muffin, not the sentence)
Después de que te tragues la hostia, quedarás libre de pecado.
Once you gobble the host, you'll be sinless again.
Despues de que escalemos la montaña vamos a comer en el restaurante.
After we climb the mountain we are going to eat in the restaurant.
