Breakdown of После продувки шум исчез.
шум
the noise
после
after
исчезнуть
to disappear
продувка
the system purging
Questions & Answers about После продувки шум исчез.
Why is it после продувки and not после продувка?
Because после requires the genitive case in Russian.
- Dictionary form: продувка
- After после: продувки
So the pattern is:
- после ремонта = after the repair
- после урока = after the lesson
- после продувки = after the blowing/purging
This is one of the most important things to remember in the sentence: после + genitive.
Why does продувка become продувки with -и, not -ы?
This is a spelling rule.
The noun продувка ends in -ка. In the genitive singular, many feminine nouns in -а change to -ы or -и. After certain consonants, including к, Russian uses -и, not -ы.
So:
- продувка → продувки
- книга → книги
- ручка → ручки
This is due to the Russian spelling rule often summarized as: after г, к, х, ж, ч, ш, щ, write и instead of ы.
What exactly does продувка mean here?