Word
После работы я зайду в аптеку и заодно куплю хлеб.
Meaning
After work I’ll stop by the pharmacy and pick up some bread too.
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Questions & Answers about После работы я зайду в аптеку и заодно куплю хлеб.
Why is it после работы, not после работа?
Because после requires the genitive case.
- работа = work in the dictionary form
- работы = genitive singular
So после работы literally means after work.
This is a very common pattern:
- после урока = after the lesson
- после обеда = after lunch
- после фильма = after the film
Why is работы singular? Why not plural?
Here работы is genitive singular, not plural. The phrase means after work as a general activity or workday, not after the works or after jobs.
Russian often uses the singular in expressions like this:
- после школы = after school
- после университета = after university
- после работы = after work
So this is just the normal idiomatic way to say it.
Why is it зайду, and what does that verb really mean?