Questions & Answers about После прогулки мой друг предложил мне чай.
Why is прогулка changed to прогулки after после?
Because после always requires the genitive case.
- Dictionary form: прогулка = walk
- After после: после прогулки = after the walk / after a walk
So прогулки here is the genitive singular form of прогулка.
Does после прогулки mean after the walk or after a walk?
It can mean either, depending on context.
Russian often does not use articles like a and the, so после прогулки could be understood as:
- after a walk
- after the walk
The wider situation tells you which is more natural.
Why is it мой друг, not just друг?
Мой means my, and it agrees with друг in gender, number, and case.
- мой = my
- друг = friend
Together: мой друг = my friend
Russian often allows possessive words to be omitted if they are obvious from context, but here мой is included because the speaker explicitly says my friend.
Why is the verb предложил and not предложила or предложить?