No. 642 in French
après
"Après" means "after" in English.
In a sentence
Je vais au cinéma après le dîner.
I go to the cinema after dinner.
The word 'après' is used as a preposition meaning 'after', indicating the temporal sequence between actions.
Après avoir fini mes devoirs, je me suis reposé.
After finishing my homework, I relaxed.
Here, 'après' introduces an infinitive construction, 'après avoir fini', to specify an action completed prior to another.
Nous sommes arrivés après eux.
We arrived after them.
In this sentence, 'après' is again a preposition, indicating a relation in arrival sequence, showing its spatial or temporal positioning.
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