Breakdown of После прогулки у неё немного болела щиколотка.
прогулка
the walk
после
after
немного
a little
болеть
to hurt
Questions & Answers about После прогулки у неё немного болела щиколотка.
Why is после followed by прогулки and not прогулка?
Because после always requires the genitive case.
- прогулка = nominative singular
- прогулки = genitive singular
So:
- после прогулки = after the walk / after a walk
This is a fixed grammar rule: whenever you use после, the next noun goes into the genitive.
What exactly does после прогулки mean here?
It means after the walk or after a walk.
A few useful notes:
- после = after
- прогулка = walk, stroll
- после прогулки can refer to a specific walk already understood from context, even though Russian has no articles like the or a
So depending on context, English might translate it as:
- After the walk
- After a walk
- After going for a walk
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