Breakdown of После разговора с врачом я спал хорошо.
я
I
врач
doctor
хорошо
well
спать
to sleep
после
after
разговор
the conversation, the talk (m)
Questions & Answers about После разговора с врачом я спал хорошо.
Why is the word разговор in the genitive case (разговора)?
The preposition после (after) always requires the noun that follows it to be in the genitive case. Since разговор is a masculine noun ending in a hard consonant, we add -a.
Why does врачом end in -ом? Doesn't the spelling rule require -ем after ч?
The preposition с (with) triggers the instrumental case here. The spelling rule you are thinking of says we write -е after husher consonants like ч only when the ending is unstressed. In the word врач, the stress falls on the ending (врачом), so we use -о.
Why do we use the imperfective verb спал here instead of the perfective поспал?
The imperfective спал focuses on the ongoing process and the quality of your sleep throughout the night. If you used the perfective поспал, it would change the meaning to imply you just slept for a little bit or took a short nap.
Does it matter that хорошо is at the very end of the sentence instead of saying я хорошо спал?
Both are grammatically correct and sound natural. However, Russian word order is flexible and usually puts the most important new information at the very end of the sentence. By placing хорошо last, the speaker specifically emphasizes the good quality of the sleep.
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