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### After Clauses

To express that an action happens after another event, use the conjunction phrase **после того как**.

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The "after" clause can appear at the beginning or the end of the sentence. Regardless of the order, always separate the two clauses with a comma. When the "after" clause comes second, the comma goes right before **после**.

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### Conjugating with "После того как"

Unlike "before" clauses, you never use an infinitive with **после того как**. Whether the subjects are the same or different, the verb in the "after" clause is always conjugated. If the subject is the same, simply conjugate both verbs (you can often drop the pronoun in the second clause to sound more natural).

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### Clarifying Subjects with "Тот"

If a sentence has two different nouns in the first clause, using "he" or "she" in the second can be ambiguous. To specifically refer back to the *object* of the previous clause, Russian uses the pronoun **тот** (that one / the latter).

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Here, **тот** makes it perfectly clear that the released person went home, not the court.

Finally, remember that you can use the impersonal "they" form (a plural verb without **они**) to indicate that an action was done to someone, such as being released from prison.

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After clauses (после того как)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Presentative (это)

Noun gender

Soft-sign nouns (-ь)

Subject pronouns (я, ты, он...)

Yes/no questions (да / нет)

Basic interrogatives (кто / что)

Basic negation (не)

Coordinating conjunctions (и / а)

Possessive pronouns (мой, твой, наш, ваш)

Demonstrative pronouns (этот, эта, это)

Adjective agreement

Which and whose (какой, чей)

First conjugation verbs, singular (-ать)

First conjugation verbs, plural (-ать)

Second conjugation verbs (-ить)

Irregular present tense verbs

Adverbs of manner (как, очень)

Locations in prepositional case (в / на)

Prepositional case modifiers (-ом, -ой)

Topics of speech (о, об)

Direct objects (-у, -ю)

Direct object pronouns (меня, тебя)

Verbs of motion (идти, ехать)

Destination (куда, в, на)

Plural nouns (-ы, -и, -а, -я)

Irregular plural nouns (друзья, дети)

Plural adjectives and pronouns (-ые, -ие)

Numbers 1 to 10 (один, два, три)

Possession with pronouns (у меня есть)

Possession with nouns (-а, -я, -ы, -и)

Genitive of negation (нет)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Quantities with mass nouns (сколько, много, мало)

Animate direct objects

The past tense of to be (был, была, было, были)

Regular past tense verbs

Time sequence expressions (вчера, завтра, раньше, потом)

Verb aspect in the past tense

Dative personal pronouns (мне, тебе, ему)

Expressing likes (нравится, нравятся)

Absence (нет)

Expressing age (год, года, лет)

Indirect objects (-у, -ю, -е)

Modal verbs (хотеть, мочь)

Reason and contrast (поэтому, но)

Double negation (ничего, никогда)

Reflexive verbs (-ся, -сь)

Polite requests and instructions (-ите, -йте)

Days of the week (в + Accusative)

Compound future tense (буду...)

Simple future tense

Accompaniment (с)

Multidirectional verbs of motion (ходить, ездить)

Greetings and goodbyes (здравствуйте, привет)

Thank you and sorry (спасибо, извините)

Countries and languages (русский, английский)

Meeting people (меня зовут, как дела)

Public transport (трамвай, остановка)

Left, right and the compass (слева, справа)

Places in the city (цирк, зоопарк)

Fruit and vegetables (помидор, огурец)

Post and travel (открытка, чемодан)

Family and relatives (внук, родственник)

Jobs and professions (инженер, продавец)

Sport and games (футбол, теннис)

Describing people (умный, сильный)

Health and the body (болен, здоровье)

The months of the year (январь, февраль)

Accusative feminine and inanimate adjectives (-ую, -юю)

Accusative animate masculine adjectives (-ого, -его)

Short-form adjectives (готов, занят)

Personal obligation (должен, должна)

Professions in the instrumental case

Genitive singular adjectives and possessives

Prepositions of absence and purpose (без, для)

Dative singular adjectives and possessives

Impersonal states (мне холодно)

Impersonal obligation (надо, нужно)

Impersonal permission (можно / нельзя)

Instrumental adjectives and pronouns

Reciprocal verbs (с + Instrumental)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (свой)

Reflexive pronouns (себя)

Specific indefinite pronouns (-то)

Non-specific indefinite pronouns (-нибудь)

Negative pronouns (никто / ничто)

Numbers 11 to 20

Question	Answer
after (conjunction)	после того как
the investigator	следователь
to interrogate	допросить
to arrest	арестовать
After the investigator interrogated the witness, the police arrested the criminal.	После того как следователь допросил свидетеля, полиция арестовала преступника.
the lawyer	адвокат
the court	суд
The lawyer also wants to interrogate this person in court.	Адвокат тоже хочет допросить этого человека в суде.
the evidence	доказательство
The lawyer showed the evidence after we arrived at court.	Адвокат показал доказательства, после того как мы пришли в суд.
the judge	судья
the verdict	приговор
The judge read the verdict after the police found the new evidence.	Судья прочитал приговор, после того как полиция нашла новые доказательства.
to release	освободить
the prison	тюрьма
The court decided to release the person whom the police sent to prison.	Суд решил освободить человека, которого полиция отправила в тюрьму.
The investigator has nowhere to hurry after he arrested the criminal.	Следователю некуда спешить, после того как он арестовал преступника.
After the criminal was released from prison, he left for another city.	После того как преступника освободили из тюрьмы, он уехал в другой город.
The lawyer was very glad after he found out the verdict.	Адвокат был очень рад, после того как узнал приговор.
The judge believed the lawyer after he looked at the evidence.	Судья поверил адвокату, после того как посмотрел доказательства.
The investigator arrested both the criminal and his brother.	Следователь арестовал и преступника, и его брата.
After the court decided to release the person, he went home.	После того как суд решил освободить человека, тот поехал домой.