Po pracy lubię odpoczywać na balkonie.

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Breakdown of Po pracy lubię odpoczywać na balkonie.

• lubić: to like
• na: on
• po: after

Questions & Answers about Po pracy lubię odpoczywać na balkonie.

Why is it po pracy and not po praca?

Because po requires a specific grammatical case here: the locative.

The base form is praca = work.
After po in the sense of after, it changes to pracy.

• praca → nominative
• pracy → locative

So:

• po pracy = after work

This is something you mostly have to learn with the preposition: po + locative in this meaning.

Does po pracy mean after work in general, or after coming back from work?

Usually it means after work in a general sense.

In this sentence, Po pracy lubię odpoczywać na balkonie means something like:

• After work, I like to relax on the balcony
• When work is over, I like to rest on the balcony

It does not specifically focus on the journey home. It just sets the time: once work is finished.

Why is there no word for I? Shouldn’t it be Ja lubię?