Questions & Answers about После работы я хочу сделать паузу и отдохнуть.
Because после always requires the genitive case.
- The dictionary form is работа (nominative).
- The genitive singular of работа is работы.
So:
- после работы = after work
- после урока = after the lesson
- после фильма = after the movie
You cannot say после работа; that would be ungrammatical.
Работы is genitive singular.
For many feminine nouns ending in -а in the nominative:
- Nominative: работа
- Genitive singular: работы
Other examples:
- книга → книги (нет книги – there is no book)
- машина → машины (ключ от машины – the key of the car)
A simple rule to remember here:
после + [genitive], so when you see после, expect the next noun in genitive.