Word
После работы мы часто заказываем чай и чизкейк в кафе у метро.
Meaning
After work, we often order tea and cheesecake at the cafe by the metro.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of После работы мы часто заказываем чай и чизкейк в кафе у метро.
работа
the work
и
and
часто
often
мы
we
Questions & Answers about После работы мы часто заказываем чай и чизкейк в кафе у метро.
Why is it после работы, not после работа?
Because после normally requires the genitive case, and работа in the genitive singular becomes работы.
- nominative: работа = work
- genitive: работы
So после работы literally means after work / after the work.
This is a very common pattern:
- после урока = after the lesson
- после фильма = after the film
- после обеда = after lunch
Does после работы mean after work in general, or after the work?
It usually means after work in the general everyday sense.
Russian has no articles, so the phrase does not directly distinguish between:
- after work
- after the work
In real life, context decides. In this sentence, the natural meaning is the routine one: after work.
Why is the verb заказываем used here?