"她喜欢在喝酒后抽烟。"

Translation: She likes to smoke after drinking alcohol.

[ShannAwesome]

Terrible habit

[small_jip]

I thought this was supposed to be the health section :p

[KX3.]

Healthy people don't need a physician perhaps

[Gabrielle145359]

Why is the 在 in this sentence?

[Tatonka71]

I think it just makes the verb progressive, short for 正在. So after drink(ing)(在) alcohol she likes to smoke

[KX3.]

And also to indicate that she likes smoking specifically after drinking. Otherwise the sentence works fine without it.

[alanxoc3]

I'm thinking that 在 means during. Since it reads 再喝酒后, literally it means: during after drinking, aka after drinking.

[RaphaelNing]

I wouldn't take 在 out of the construction 在...后 and try to parse it on its own. See my other comment below.

[Noah.Adams1]

”喝酒后他喜欢抽烟” works fine. Their answer "他喜欢在喝酒后抽烟” With the 在 the time phrase seems to act more like a "where" in sentence construction. Like ”你可以在街边抽烟” Another example with 在 and a time order phrase/time phrase, "我喜欢在星期二上吃饺子” 或者 ”我星期二喜欢吃饺子” 你可能问一为地道的人。这个app语法真可能有问题。

[Gabrielle145359]

谢谢

[Hedwigechouette]

"she likes to smoke after having a drink" was rejected but I think it's ok

[ELDERRlCH]

"She likes to smoke after drinking" should have been accepted

[24hsingh]

I did that and it said it was correct

[bugwine]

Don't smoke kids.

[dTanMan]

"she likes smoking after drinking alcohol" should be accepted too

[CharlesE780046]

Does anyone have a clear explanation as to when 在 can be and must be used with time statements as opposed to physical location. I have seen this several times when it did not seem like it was necessary.

[RaphaelNing]

The most common structures that use 在 to express before/after/during an action (V) are:

在V前 = 在V之前 = 在V以前 = before V (V can be a verb or a noun)

在V后 = 在V之后 = 在V以后 = after V (V can be a verb or a noun)

在V时 = 在V的时候 = while V (V must be a verb, e.g. 在开会时 = while attending a meeting. To say "during N" where N is a noun, use 在N期间, e.g. 在会议期间)

I'm pretty sure that the full form of these structures (with 在) can be used in all circumstances, so keep 在 if you want to be on the safe side.

But 在 is probably optional. In fact, I am yet to come up with an example where 在 cannot be omitted.

[CharlesE780046]

Thank you. That was helpful.

[Anna920020]

Finally someone who knows what they are talking about. Thanks so much

[yaeji-rin]

This is a listening exercise. Since 他 and 她 sound exactly the same, it would be nice if both of those were accepted as the first character.

[gabchan]

She likes to smoke after drinking.

She likes to smoke after a drink.

[Ravenwoof1]

Later she explode

[LuisJp3]

What I understand is that the backbone is 她喜欢抽烟。The phrase 在喝酒后 (at the time after drinking alcohol) explains/limits the phrase 抽烟。

[Feather.55]

This was not accepted: "After drinking alcohol, she likes to smoke."

[JCFal]

这种句子在课本中应该很好减lol

[dawn786118]

Do you guys think "She likes to drink first and then to smoke" is acceptable?

[violino2310]

Why can you not say "to have a smoke"?

[Trulyjane]

So we are supposed to assume she is drinking alcohol? I thought 喝酒 means drinks or drinking. Does it only refer to alcoholic beverages?

[abudory0907]

她很特别。

[puyuhhh]

Don't try this, kids