Questions & Answers about После работы я хочу пожарить картофель на ужин.
Because после requires the genitive case.
The noun работа changes to работы in the genitive singular:
- работа = work (dictionary form, nominative)
- после работы = after work
So this is a standard pattern:
- после урока = after the lesson
- после фильма = after the movie
- после работы = after work
In this sentence, после работы is best understood as the fixed everyday expression after work.
Even though работы is grammatically genitive, in natural English you would not usually translate it word-for-word as after the work.
So:
- После работы = After work
- not usually After the work