adverb
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Noun
adverbial clause
adverbial clause
"After you finish your dinner" is the subordinate clause.
It is an adverb clause. It will say "when" an activity may take place.
The subordinate clause in the sentence "After you finish your dinner you may go to the movies" is "After you finish your dinner." This clause provides a condition for the main clause and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It is classified as an adverbial clause because it modifies the verb "may go" by indicating when the action can take place.
The clause, "After you finish your dinner," is an adverbial clause which modifies the verb, "may go." A comma should appear after the word, "dinner." The remainder of the sentence expresses a factual possibility.
"When we finish dinner" is a dependent adverbial clause that typically introduces a condition or time frame related to the main clause. It provides additional information about the timing or circumstances surrounding the main action discussed in the sentence.
The whole sentence is an independent clause. Unless...... if you were trying to say: You burned your dinner and you went out to eat.This would me 2 independent clause. These would be (you burned your dinner) and (you went out to eat)
I think you are asking for the word used when we have a drink before dinner. If so, the word is aperitif. Any help?
A complex sentence has an independent clause which is joined to a dependent clause. An example of this is "Mary went to the store before she made dinner."
It's an adverb because it is answering the question when.