when do you use "de" after antes and despues? sometimes it is written with the "de" and sometimes not.
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After having dinner = Despues de cenar
Before working out = Antes de hacer ejercicio
I always take a shower after waking up = Siempre tomo un baño después de despertarme
You don't use "de" when "After" or "before" are adverbs of sequence
Primero, fuí a la escuela y después, fuí al restaurant = First I went to school, after I went to the restaurant.
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Cené y, después, fui al teatro = fui al teatro después de cenar
Cenaste y después fui al cine = fui al cine después de que cenaras.
"Después de + infinitive or que" is a temporal subordinate.
Cené y, después, fui al teatro.
Te veo después.
Here, "después" is an adverb.
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