После разговора нам удалось помириться.

after

Breakdown of После разговора нам удалось помириться.

• разговор: the conversation
• нам: us
• удаться: to manage

Questions & Answers about После разговора нам удалось помириться.

Why is it после разговора and not после разговор?

Because после requires the genitive case.

• разговор = nominative singular
• разговора = genitive singular

So:

• после разговора = after the conversation

This is a very common pattern in Russian:

• после урока = after the lesson
• после работы = after work
• после фильма = after the film

So the form разговора is there because of the preposition после.

What exactly does после разговора mean here?

It means after the conversation or after talking.

The noun разговор means conversation, talk, or discussion. In this sentence, после разговора gives the time context: the reconciliation happened after the talk.

Depending on context, English translations could be:

• After the conversation, we managed to make up.
• After talking, we were able to reconcile.

So it refers to some conversation that helped lead to the result.

Why is it нам удалось and not мы удалось?