after
part of speech
preposition, conjunction, adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». tree →
2) After means behind or following: «Close the door after you», «The dog ran after the ball». tree →
3) To be named after someone is to get their name. tree →
4) To look after is to take care of. tree →
5) To be after something is to want or look for it: «What are you after?». tree →
6) (casual) «After» in Irish English: «I'm after eating» means I have just eaten; «arvo» is afternoon in Australia; «laters» means see you later. tree →
7) (rude) «Who are you after?» or «they're after you» can mean someone wants to hurt or catch you. tree →
8) (formal) Exams say «subsequently», «following», «subsequent to», «thereafter», «upon completion of» and «posterior to». tree →
9) "After all" means when everything is thought about, or despite what you expected. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "After its kinds" in the lists of animals means "according to its species." Tradition treats the kinds as groups of related creatures. Interpretation: The rabbis used "after its kinds" to study which creatures count as one species, which matters for the laws of clean and unclean animals. In the primary lessons: orders the events of a story in time; tells which amount comes first and which change follows; in counting, 8 comes after 7; phrases: «after that», «after school», «look after», «run after», «the day after», «after all», «after a while»; in casual talk «see ya after», «I'm after finishing it» (Ireland), «this arvo»; in rough talk «Mum's gonna be after you when she sees the mess»; in the exam voice «subsequent to the transfer», «following the purchase», «upon completion of»
examples
- and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And after that he will let you go. (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. (Prophets JDG.12.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And David sent and inquired after the woman. (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- After lunch, Mia had 8 cookies left. tree →
- After giving 5 to Joe, he has 12 marbles. tree →
- How many pages are left after she reads 20? tree →
- What number comes after 19? tree →
- I go to football after school. tree →
- Please look after your little sister. tree →
- He was named after his grandfather. tree →
- I'm after eating 4 of them, sorry (Ireland: I have just eaten). tree →
- Footy this arvo, after school, 5 of us. tree →
- Mum's gonna be after you when she sees you broke 2 plates. tree →
- Subsequent to the transfer of 5 marbles, the pupil holds 12. Ascertain the initial holding. tree →
- What are you after? The red one? tree →
- How kind man is, after all! tree →
note
Marks the order of events: the amount «after» a change is the result. Trap: «after giving away 5 he has 12» gives the end amount; to find the start you add back 5. «subsequent to» and «following» in an exam mean after. Trap: Irish «I'm after eating» is the past, not the future. Opposite: before.
In the corpora
- And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
- And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «after» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.