स्कूल के बाद मैं घर आऊँगी।

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Breakdown of स्कूल के बाद मैं घर आऊँगी।

• स्कूल: school
• घर: home
• आना: to come

Questions & Answers about स्कूल के बाद मैं घर आऊँगी।

What does के बाद mean, and why is it used after स्कूल?

के बाद means after.

In Hindi, this is a postposition, not a preposition. That means it comes after the noun, not before it.

• स्कूल के बाद = after school
• literally: school + of/related-to + after

The के is part of the structure used before बाद. You learn this as a fixed pattern:

• X के बाद = after X
• X के पहले / X से पहले = before X

So स्कूल के बाद is the natural way to say after school.

Why is it मैं घर आऊँगी and not मैं घर जाऊँगी?

Both आना (to come) and जाना (to go) can be possible in different contexts.

• मैं घर आऊँगी = I will come home
• मैं घर जाऊँगी = I will go home

Hindi often chooses आना or जाना based on point of view, just like English sometimes does.

If the speaker is talking from the perspective of home as the destination, आना can sound natural:

• मैं घर आऊँगी = I’ll come home

If the focus is simply on leaving for home from another place, जाना can also work:

• मैं घर जाऊँगी = I’ll go home