Word
Nach der Pause haben wir Zeit.
Meaning
After the break we have time.
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Questions & Answers about Nach der Pause haben wir Zeit.
Why does the sentence use der Pause if the word for "the break" is die Pause?
The preposition nach (after) always requires the dative case. Since Pause is a feminine noun (die Pause), the feminine article die changes to der in the dative case.
I remember nach meaning "to" (like nach Berlin). How do I know when it means "after"?
Context is key! While nach means "to" when talking about travel to cities and countries, it functions as a temporal preposition meaning "after" when paired with an event or a block of time, like der Pause.
Why is the verb haben before the subject wir?
In German, the verb must always take the second position in a standard main clause. Because the entire time phrase Nach der Pause occupies the first position, the verb haben comes immediately after it, which pushes the subject wir into the third position.
Why is there no article before Zeit? Shouldn't it be die Zeit?
Just like in English ("we have time"), German often drops the article before uncountable nouns when talking about them in a general sense. You would only use die Zeit if you were talking about a specific, defined block of time.