Learn Hardcore Serbian: Posle semafora skrećem desno, a moja prijateljica skreće levo. - After the traffic light, I turn right, and my female friend turns left.

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Posle semafora skrećem desno, a moja prijateljica skreće levo.

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After the traffic light, I turn right, and my female friend turns left.

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Breakdown of Posle semafora skrećem desno, a moja prijateljica skreće levo.

Why is it semafora and not semafor after posle?

Because posle requires the genitive case.

So:

This is a very common pattern in Serbian:

What exactly does posle semafora mean here?

Here it means after the traffic light or past the traffic light in the context of directions.

In route descriptions, Serbian often uses expressions like this to mark a point on the الطريق/route:

So the idea is: once you pass the traffic light, the next action is turning.

Why is it skrećem for I turn, but skreće for she turns?

These are different present-tense forms of the same verb.

The verb is , meaning .