"Post la laboro ni tre soifis."
Translation:After the work we were very thirsty.
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Any idea why "very thirsty" got rejected for "parched" but that's the translation provided here?
I'm looking for someone to explain to me why "post la laboro" is correct here, but a previous exercise I encountered had "post kiam."
Thanks in advance.
If you use "post" alone, it must be followed by a noun. "Post kiam" is followed by a clause. "Post la laboro" but "post kiam mi laboras".
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I read all the comments and did not find anything about after "the" work. Do they mean "after work"? As a native English speaker, I would never use "the" - if the sentence means, "after the workday is finished" we would simply say, "after work." I understand that "la" may be required in Esperanto, but the English translation sounds very unnatural.
In English, yes if you are talking about the work you do as your job, but if you are talking about a particular task, such as decorating the house, you could well say "the work".
I (Australian) would personally use "after work" for when I had finished with regular paid employment for the day, "after the work" for when I had completed an individual task that was laborious but not necessarily paid.
I think that "multe" can be used but "tre" is better when you're not talking about quantity.
I can't help it but soifas makes me think of the German 'saufen'...which is kind of fitting.
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If you happen to be interested, look up the (colloquial) French word "soifard" ;p
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