Po práci se zastavím na poště.

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Breakdown of Po práci se zastavím na poště.

• se: oneself
• práce: the work
• po: after

Questions & Answers about Po práci se zastavím na poště.

Why is práce changed to práci in po práci?

Because po in the sense of after takes the locative case in Czech.

• basic form: práce = work
• locative singular: práci
• so: po práci = after work

This is a very common pattern:

• po škole = after school
• po obědě = after lunch
• po večeři = after dinner

So in this sentence, po práci is simply the correct case form after po.

Why is there se in se zastavím?

Because the verb here is zastavit se, not just zastavit.

These are different:

• zastavit = to stop something
• zastavit se = to stop, stop by, drop in

So:

• Zastavím auto. = I will stop the car.
• Zastavím se na poště. = I will stop by at the post office.

The se is not really translated as myself here. It is just part of the verb’s normal form.

Does zastavím mean present or future?