JLPT N4 grammar · Chapter 6

～後で

Do something after another event

You'll be able to place an action after another action, event, or point in time.

Read it first

芽衣めいはご飯ごはんを食たべた後あとで歯はを磨みがきます。

mei wa gohan o tabeta ato de ha o migakimasu.

What do you think this sentence means?

Mei brushes her teeth after eating.

Why it means that

Put one action after another

～後あとで says an action happens after another action or event. It establishes sequence without necessarily saying the second action happens immediately.

Example

授業じゅぎょうの後あとで図書館としょかんに行いきます。

jugyou no ato de toshokan ni ikimasu.

I go to the library after class.

How it is built

Use the た-form before 後あとで even for a future sequence: 食たべた後あとで出でかけます. The final predicate carries the sentence’s tense.

Verb た-form+後で/Noun+の後で

Examples

授業じゅぎょうの後あとで図書館としょかんに行いきます。

jugyou no ato de toshokan ni ikimasu.

I go to the library after class.

手てを洗あらった後あとで料理りょうりします。

te o aratta ato de ryouri shimasu.

I cook after washing my hands.

Examples

仕事しごとが終おわった後あとで、ジムに行いきます。

shigoto ga owatta ato de, jimu ni ikimasu.

I go to the gym after work finishes.

食事しょくじの後あとで、この薬くすりを飲のんでください。

shokuji no ato de, kono kusuri o nonde kudasai.

Please take this medicine after meals.

シャワーを浴あびた後あとで、ビールを飲のみました。

shawaa o abita ato de, biiru o nomimashita.

After taking a shower, I drank a beer.

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