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После ужина мы любим гулять по тихой улице.
Meaning
After dinner, we like to take a walk along the quiet street.
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Breakdown of После ужина мы любим гулять по тихой улице.
любить
to love
улица
the street
тихий
quiet
ужин
the dinner
Questions & Answers about После ужина мы любим гулять по тихой улице.
Why is ужина in the form ужина, not ужин?
Because the preposition после always requires the genitive case.
- ужин = nominative, dinner
- после ужина = after dinner
So this is a very common pattern:
- после работы = after work
- после урока = after the lesson/class
- после фильма = after the film
That is why you see ужина, not ужин.
Why is it мы любим гулять, not something like мы любим гуляем?
Because after любить when you mean to like doing something, Russian normally uses the infinitive.
So:
- любим гулять = we like to walk
- literally: we love/like to walk
You do the same with many verbs in Russian:
- Я люблю читать. = I like reading / I like to read.
- Она любит петь. = She likes singing / She likes to sing.
A finite verb like гуляем would not fit here after любим.
What case is по тихой улице, and why?