Questions & Answers about אחרי השיחה עם המזכירה התברר שהפגישה בכלל נדחתה למחר.
This is a time expression: אחרי means after, so אחרי השיחה עם המזכירה means after the conversation with the secretary.
Hebrew often puts time expressions at the beginning of a sentence, just like English can:
- After the conversation with the secretary, it became clear...
- אחרי השיחה עם המזכירה התברר...
So the sentence is setting the scene first, and then giving the main event.
השיחה means the conversation, while שיחה means a conversation.
Here, the speaker is referring to a specific conversation, so Hebrew uses the definite article ה־:
- שיחה = a conversation
- השיחה = the conversation
Because אחרי is a preposition, the article stays attached to the noun:
- אחרי השיחה = after the conversation