After
“After” puede funcionar como preposición (introduce a un sustantivo), adverbio (complementa el significado del verbo), adjetivo (califica a un sustantivo) o conjunción (conecta dos oraciones):
Prep.: The police arrived after the accident
Adv.: I moved to Madrid and my girlfriend came soon after
Adj.: This liqueur is served as an after-dinner drink
Conj.: I watched TV after I had done my homework
A continuación analizamos su uso como preposición.
1.- Preposición de tiempo: después de, tras
I want to speak with the teacher after the exam
We’ll leave the party after the speeches
We arrived after lunch
After the election the president left the party
We will play tennis after the dinner
I went to the post office after the breakfast
Peter left the company after 10 years there
The meeting will take place the day after tomorrow
The final will start after the speeches
2.- Preposición de lugar: detrás de, tras
You turn right just after the corner
A few metres after the bridge road ended
We get off at the station after Chester
The bank office is after the church
3.- Secuencia: detrás de
She slammed the door after her
4.- Detrás de, tras (en búsqueda / persecución)
The police ran after the thieve, but he escaped
He run after the bus but missed it
he finished his studies and now is after a job
5.- Debido a, como consecuencia, en consideración
My son should pass the exam after all he has studied
After all you have done you should apologise to your brother
After his lack of discipline he got expelled from school
6.- A continuación (indica repetición)
Day after day we worked in that project
One after the other came with the same excuse
7.- En honor / recuerdo de (nombrar a alguien en honor / recuerdo de otra persona)
He is called Peter after his father
That company is named Adamson after his founder
8.- En una posición posterior en una lista, en una relación, en un escrito…
D comes after C in the alphabet
Liverpool is after Manchester in the Premier