Learn Hardcore Japanese: fairu no appuroodo ga owattara, sensei ni meeru wo okurimasu - After the file upload is finished, I will send an email to the teacher.

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ファイル　の　アップロード　が　終おわったら、　先生せんせい　に　メール　を　送おくりますfairu no appuroodo ga owattara, sensei ni meeru o okurimasu

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After the file upload is finished, I will send an email to the teacher.

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Breakdown of fairu no appuroodo ga owattara, sensei ni meeru o okurimasu

Why is there の between ファイル and アップロード?

の links two nouns together.

So ファイルのアップロード means the upload of the file or more naturally the file upload.

A useful way to think about it is:

Japanese often uses A の B where English might use a compound noun like file upload.

Why is it アップロードが終わったら and not アップロードを終わったら?

Because 終わる is an intransitive verb.

With 終わる, the thing that ends is marked by が, not を.

So:

In this sentence, the focus is on the upload being finished, so が終わったら is natural.

What does 終わったら mean exactly?