Breakdown of После песни из кулис выходит режиссёр, и начинаются аплодисменты.
и
and
песня
the song
после
after
из
from
Questions & Answers about После песни из кулис выходит режиссёр, и начинаются аплодисменты.
Why is it После песни and not после песня?
In Russian, the preposition после (“after”) always takes the genitive case.
- Nominative: песня (a song)
- Genitive singular: песни
So после песни literally is “after (of) the song”, which is how Russian expresses “after the song”.
Other examples:
- после работы – after work
- после урока – after the lesson
What exactly are кулисы, and why is it из кулис?
Кулисы are the side parts of a theatre stage: the wings and side curtains that hide actors and props from the audience. You can think of them as “the wings/backstage area (at the sides of the stage)”.
Grammatically:
- Singular: кулиса (rare, mostly technical)
- Nominative plural: кулисы
- Genitive plural: кулис
The preposition из (“from, out of”) takes the genitive case, so:
- из кулис = “from/out of the wings (backstage area)”
The noun is in genitive plural (кулис), even though in English we often say just “from backstage” in the singular.
Why is it из кулис and not из-за кулис? What’s the difference?