пасля таго як
After with Пасля Таго Як
Пасля таго як + a clause = after something happened: Пасля таго як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.
How It Works
Пасля таго як joins a clause that happens first. The main clause says what happens next.
Clause or noun? Before a noun, пасля alone takes the genitive: пасля вячэры (after dinner); see пасля with the genitive. Before a clause with its own verb, you need the full пасля таго як.
Aspect. The first action is usually complete, so its verb is usually perfective: павячэралі, скончыў, пераехала.
Talking about the future. English says after I finish with a present tense. Belarusian uses the perfective future: Пасля таго як я скончу, я патэлефаную. (After I finish, I will call.) The same thing happens with калі.
Commas.
- If the clause comes first, the comma goes after the whole clause. Do not split the conjunction: Пасля таго як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.
- If the clause comes second, put the comma before the whole conjunction: Ён пачаў лепш спаць, пасля таго як кінуў паліць. To stress the word after, you may put the comma before як instead: Ён патэлефанаваў толькі пасля таго, як усё скончылася.
Related time words. For before, use перш чым. For as soon as, use як толькі. For ever since, use з таго часу як.
Examples (6)
- Пасля таго як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.
After we had dinner, we went for a walk.
Word by Word: After that as we had-dinner, we went to-walk.
- Пасля таго як ты скончыш, патэлефануй мне.
After you finish, call me.
Word by Word: After that as you will-finish, call me.
Скончыш is a perfective future, where English uses the present.
- Пасля таго як дзеці заснулі, у доме стала ціха.
After the children fell asleep, the house became quiet.
Word by Word: After that as children fell-asleep, in house became quiet.
- Ён пачаў лепш спаць, пасля таго як кінуў паліць.
He started sleeping better after he quit smoking.
Word by Word: He started better to-sleep, after that as quit to-smoke.
Said about a man. About a woman: Яна пачала лепш спаць, пасля таго як кінула паліць.
- Ён патэлефанаваў толькі пасля таго, як усё скончылася.
He called only after everything was over.
Word by Word: He called only after that, as everything ended.
The comma before як puts extra stress on after.
- Пасля таго як яна пераехала ў Мінск, мы бачымся рэдка.
Since she moved to Minsk, we rarely see each other.
Word by Word: After that as she moved to Minsk, we see-each-other rarely.
Common Mistakes
Using the present tense for a future action.
Пасля таго як я канчаю працу, я табе патэлефаную.Пасля таго як я скончу працу, я табе патэлефаную.English says after I finish, but the finishing is still in the future. Use the perfective future скончу.
Using пасля alone before a clause.
Пасля мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.Пасля таго як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.Пасля alone goes before a noun (пасля вячэры) or means afterwards. To join a clause, you need пасля таго як.
Splitting the conjunction with a comma when the clause comes first.
Пасля таго, як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.Пасля таго як мы павячэралі, мы пайшлі гуляць.When the clause starts the sentence, пасля таго як stays together and the only comma comes after the clause.
How It Connects
Learn This First
After needs time clauses and пасля.
Related Patterns
- перш чымBefore with Перш Чым
The opposite order: before something happens.
Level 4 - як толькіAs Soon as with Як Толькі
As soon as: the second action follows right away.
Level 4 - з таго часу якSince with З Таго Часу Як
Ever since: from that moment until now.
Level 5 - Perfective Aspect
The verb in the пасля таго як clause is usually perfective.
Level 2
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