"Почему вы завтракаете после двенадцати?"
Translation:Why do you have breakfast after twelve?
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@benograph Hi there. I myself am in the states and have never heard it used either. But it does appear to be used verbally as well:
" eat breakfast. "she breakfasted on French toast and bacon" "
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I understand the letters now, but why is it genitive anyway? I really want to understand it rather than memorize. I always have no idea what case comes after words like после, до...
Each preposition has its own case requirements. Some prepositions combine with a number of cases depending on the meaning.
While there might have been some deeper meaning behind the case assignment in the past, nowadays there does not seem to be any solid explanation why перед ("before, in front") is used with the Instrumental, whereas "до" ("before, until") and "после" (after) are used with the Genitive.
- apart from the fact that a lot of prepositions require the Genitive.
The exact list should be memorized eventually.
For prepositions this website may be helpful : http://www.study-languages-online.com/grammar/tables/prepositions-by-case
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The sentence "Но что вы завтракаете после двенадцати?" is translated as "But what do you (exactly) have for breakfast after twelve?"
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Since when are numbers in English in digits not accepted anymore? - Why do you have breakfast after 12:00 - not accepted
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Why is 12:00 not accepted? Why only twelve? This is aggravating that it works sometimes but not others.