После учений пожарные показали, как пользоваться огнетушителем без паники.

After the drill, the firefighters showed how to use a fire extinguisher without panicking.

Breakdown of После учений пожарные показали, как пользоваться огнетушителем без паники.

• как: how
• после: after
• показать: to show
• без: without

Questions & Answers about После учений пожарные показали, как пользоваться огнетушителем без паники.

Why is it после учений and not после учения?

Because после requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is учения when it means drills / exercises / training exercises. After после, it changes to the genitive plural:

• nominative: учения
• genitive: учений

So:

• после учений = after the drills / after the exercises

This is a very common pattern:

• после урока = after the lesson
• после встречи = after the meeting
• после занятий = after classes

Why is учений plural here? Does учения usually mean more than one exercise?

Yes, in this meaning, учения is very often used as a plural noun and refers to drills, training exercises, maneuvers as an event or set of exercises.

So после учений does not necessarily mean there were many completely separate events. It can mean after the drill session or after the exercise in a broad sense.

This is similar to how some English words are often used in a collective way.

What form is пожарные here?