shokuji no ato, haita.

possessive case particle

Breakdown of shokuji no ato, haita.

• あと: after
• 食事しょくじ: meal
• 吐はく: to vomit

Questions & Answers about shokuji no ato, haita.

How is this sentence read out loud?

A natural reading is:

しょくじ の あと、はいた。

• 食事 = しょくじ
• の = の
• あと = あと
• 吐いた = はいた

Be careful with 吐いた: it comes from the verb 吐く (はく, to vomit / throw up), so はいた here is haita.

What does のあと do here?

のあと means after ... when it follows a noun.

So:

• 食事 = meal
• 食事のあと = after the meal / after eating

This pattern is very common:

• 仕事のあと = after work
• 授業のあと = after class
• 映画のあと = after the movie

So Noun + の + あと is a basic grammar pattern for after N.

Why is there no particle after あと? I expected something like あとで or あとのあとに.