بعد از کار به یک فروشگاه لباس نزدیک مرکز شهر رفتیم.

بعد از کار means after work.

• بعد = after / later
• از = from / after
• کار = work

In Persian, time expressions often come near the beginning of the sentence, so starting with بعد از کار is very natural.

Persian has no definite article like English the.

So:

• کار can mean work, the work, or one’s work, depending on context.
• مرکز شهر means the city center / city center.

Persian often leaves definiteness to context.

به means to here. It marks the destination of motion.

With رفتن (to go), Persian often uses به before the place:

• به خانه رفتیم = we went home
• به فروشگاه رفتیم = we went to the store

So in this sentence, به یک فروشگاه... رفتیم = we went to a store...

یک literally means one, but it also works like a/an.

So:

• یک فروشگاه = a store

In many contexts, Persian can omit یک, but using it makes the noun clearly indefinite. So به یک فروشگاه رفتیم is a very natural way to say we went to a store.

This is a noun phrase meaning literally something like store of clothes/clothing.

• فروشگاه = store/shop
• لباس = clothes / clothing

So:

• فروشگاه لباس = clothing store

In pronunciation, this is normally read with ezafe:

• forushgâh-e lebâs

That -e sound links the words, even though it is usually not written after consonants.

In Persian, لباس can function as a collective noun, like clothing in English.

So even though it does not look plural here, it can still mean:

• clothes
• clothing
• garments

That is why فروشگاه لباس is perfectly normal for clothing store.

نزدیک means near.

So:

• نزدیک مرکز شهر = near the city center

And:

• مرکز شهر = city center / center of the city

More literally:

• مرکز = center
• شهر = city

So the whole phrase describes the store: it was a clothing store near the city center.

Yes. Persian often has ezafe links that are pronounced but not written.

For example:

• مرکز شهر is pronounced markaz-e shahr
• فروشگاه لباس is pronounced forushgâh-e lebâs

In the full sentence, you may hear several linking -e sounds. This is very normal in Persian writing: short vowels and ezafe are often omitted in the script.

Persian usually prefers subject–object/location–verb order, so the verb often comes at the end.

A rough literal ordering is:

• After work
• to a clothing store near the city center
• we went

That final verb position is one of the most important differences from English word order.

رفتیم means we went.

It comes from رفتن = to go.

Breakdown:

• رفت- = past stem (went)
• -یم = we

So رفتیم literally encodes the subject we, which is why Persian does not need to say ما here.

Because the verb already tells you the subject.

• رفتیم = we went
• the ending -یم already means we

Persian often drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.
So ما would be optional here, not necessary.

A careful pronunciation would be roughly:

ba’d az kâr be yek forushgâh-e lebâs-e nazdik-e markaz-e shahr raftim

In everyday speech, you may also hear slightly more casual forms, such as:

• yek sounding more like ye
• some vowels reduced in fast speech

But the written sentence is standard and natural.

It is neutral standard Persian.

It works well in normal writing and speech. In more casual spoken Persian, someone might say:

• بعدِ کار
• به یه فروشگاه لباس نزدیک مرکز شهر رفتیم

Here:

• یه is the spoken form of یک

So the original sentence is standard, while those versions sound more conversational.