-(으)ㄴ 후에

How to use it

'After doing': the first action finishes, then the second happens. -(으)ㄴ 다음에 and -(으)ㄴ 뒤에 mean the same.

Forming it

Always use the past modifier -(으)ㄴ, even about the future: ✗ 먹는 후에, ✗ 먹을 후에. ㄹ-stems drop ㄹ: 만들다 → 만든 후에.

Examples

• 수업이 끝난 후에 친구를 만날 거예요.

  I'm going to meet a friend after class is over.

• 밥을 먹은 다음에 산책을 했어요.

  After eating, I went for a walk.

Compared with similar patterns

-기 전에 means 'before'. -고 나서 stresses finishing the first action and is more conversational.

Related patterns

• -기 전에 before (doing); before N
• -고 나서 after (finishing) doing