Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "afterwards" in Russian

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после

Meaning: afterwards, after

Pronunciation: [POHS-lee]

Part of speech: preposition

Rank: #103 (see frequency list)

After doing up the flat, it is really unrecognizable!
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Example sentences:

Пócле поговори́м.
We'll speak about it later.
literal Afterwards we'll speak.
Что вы хоти́те дéлать пócле óтпуска?
What are you going to do after holidays?
literal What do you want to do after hoidays?
Рабóту мóжно закóнчить пócле.
You can finish work later.
literal It's possible to finish work later.
Пócле рабóты он ходи́л в спортзáл.
He used to go to a gym after work.
Позвони́те мне пócле трëх.
Call me after three o'clock, please. (plural or polite)
literal Call me after three.
Ну́жно принимáть лекáрство два рáза в день пócле еды́.
You have to take the medicine twice a day after meals.
literal It's necessary to take the medicine twice a day after meals.
Пócле шкóлы ты хóчешь поступáть в университéт?
Do you want to go to university after school?
literal After school do you want to enter university?
Пócле холодóв наступи́ла стрáшная жарá.
A terrible heat followed the cold weather.
literal After colds came a terrible heat.
Пócле ремóнта кварти́ра прócто неузнавáема!
The flat is really unrecognizable after remodeling!
literal After repair works the flat is simply unrecognizable!
Они́ нáчали рабóтать срáзу пócле тогó, как приéхали с юга.
They started working straight after they came from the South.
Он положи́л дéньги в банк, пócле чегó уéхал в круи́з.
He put his money into a bank, and after that he left on a cruise.
literal He put his money into a bank, and after that he went to a cruise.
Пócле всегó, что онá cдéлала, ей невозмóжно вéрить.
After all she's done, it's impossible to believe her.

Idioms and set expressions:

пócле всех = last
literal after everybody
тóлько пócле вас = only after you (сoming in somewhere)
пóсле всегó = after all; when all is said and done
literal after everything
пóсле чегó = whereupon
literal after that
пóсле тогó как = after (conjunctive)
расти́ как грибы́ пócле дождя́ = grow extremely fast
literal grow like mushrooms after rain

Related words:

потóм = later on
до = before
пóзже = later
послéдствие = сonsequence
напослéдок = in the end

Proverbs and sayings:

Пócле нас хоть потóп.
After us the deluge
Пócле дрáки кулакáми не мáшут.
After death the doctor.
literal One doesn't raise fists after fighting.
Пócле дóждичка в четвéрг.
When pigs fly.
literal After raining on Thursday.

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