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После душа в ванной было влажно, поэтому я открыл окно и проветрил комнату.

После душа в ванной было влажно, поэтому я открыл окно и проветрил комнату.
After the shower it was humid in the bathroom, so I opened the window and aired out the room.

Breakdown of После душа в ванной было влажно, поэтому я открыл окно и проветрил комнату.

я
I
в
in
быть
to be
комната
the room
открыть
to open
и
and
окно
the window
после
after
душ
the shower
ванная
the bathroom
поэтому
so/therefore
влажный
humid
проветрить
to air out
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Questions & Answers about После душа в ванной было влажно, поэтому я открыл окно и проветрил комнату.

Why is it После душа and not после душ or после душа́ (some other form)?

The preposition после requires the genitive case.

  • душ (nominative) → душа (genitive): после душа = after the shower.
    Stress-wise, it’s typically душа́ (stress on the second syllable), but the spelling stays душа.
What is the function of в ванной here, and what case is ванной?

в ванной means in the bathroom (location). With в meaning location, Russian normally uses the prepositional case:

  • ванна → в ванне (common dictionary form)
    But ванная can also mean bathroom (literally bath(-)room), and then:
  • ванная (комната) → в ванной (prepositional of the adjective ванная)
    So в ванной here is best understood as in the bathroom, with ванной in the prepositional form of the adjective used as a noun.
Is ванная literally an adjective? Why does it mean bathroom?
Yes. ванная is originally an adjective meaning bath-related (as in ванная комната = bathroom). In everyday speech, Russians often drop комната and just say ванная meaning the bathroom. This is a common pattern (an adjective stands in for a noun).
Why does it say было влажно instead of something like ванная была влажная?

было влажно is an impersonal construction: it was humid/damp. Russian uses these a lot for states/conditions.

  • было is past tense, neuter singular, which is the default form in many impersonal sentences.
    You can also say в ванной была влажная атмосфера (more specific) or ванная была влажная (sounds more like “the bathroom (as a room) was damp”), but в ванной было влажно is very natural for describing the general condition.
What part of speech is влажно?
влажно here is a predicative adverb (often taught as a “category of state” word): it describes a state/condition rather than modifying a verb like a normal adverb. Similar examples: холодно, жарко, темно, шумно.
Why is there a comma before поэтому?

Because поэтому introduces a result clause:
... было влажно, поэтому я открыл... = ... it was humid, so I opened...
In Russian, a comma is typically used before поэтому when it links two clauses like this.

Does поэтому mean because or therefore/so?

поэтому means therefore / so / that’s why.
For because, you’d more often use потому что:

  • Я открыл окно, потому что в ванной было влажно. = I opened the window because it was humid in the bathroom.
Why are both verbs открыл and проветрил in the same past form?

They share the same subject я, and Russian often lists consecutive actions like this:
я открыл окно и проветрил комнату = I opened the window and aired out the room.
Both are past tense, masculine singular because the speaker is (implicitly) male; a female speaker would say открыла / проветрила.

What aspect are открыл and проветрил, and why?

Both are perfective:

  • открыть → открыл (completed opening)
  • проветрить → проветрил (completed airing out)
    The sentence describes finished, one-time actions done as a response to the humidity. If you wanted a more “process” feel, you might use imperfective in other contexts (e.g., describing what you were doing), but here perfective fits best.
What does проветрил literally mean, and how is it different from вентиллировать?

проветрить means to air out / to let fresh air in (usually by opening a window). It’s the everyday word.
вентиллировать is more technical: to ventilate (often about systems, airflow, equipment), and sounds less natural for a simple home situation.

Why is it комнату (accusative)? Could it be комнате?

Because проветрить is transitive: you air out something, so the direct object is in the accusative: проветрил комнату.
комнате (prepositional) would appear with a preposition, e.g. в комнате = in the room, but that’s location, not the object of the action.

Is there any nuance between После душа and После того как я принял(а) душ?

Yes:

  • После душа is short and natural: After the shower (implies “after showering”).
  • После того как я принял(а) душ is more explicit and heavier: After I took a shower.
    In everyday speech, Russians often prefer the shorter noun phrase when the meaning is obvious.