Sentance help?

[lv426]

Hi,

I was not able to write down this new sentance structure from my lesson befor it was taken of, and none of my friends are on to ask them :(
But its really anoying me that I cant work it out!

These are my notes of this grammar.

Do A befor B:

おふろ　の　まい　に　べんきょう　を　します。
Noun version

おふろ　に　まい　に　べんきょう　を　します。


Do C after B:
おふろ　の　あと　に　テレビ　を　見ます。
Noun version

おふろ　に　はいった　あと　に　テレビ　を　見ます 。
Past short form

I does not help that I dont know what おふろ meens, I dont know if I have copyed it down wrong. Also the noun version to the other version does not change, but the sentances seem to realte to this "タクシえき　の　まい　に　ビル　は　です。" its a bit similar. I get that this relates to the order of the things being related to, but that word I dont know has put me off.
Also what does あと meen and the same goes for はいった as well, not too sure on them either.

If someone could give me the direct translation for each of these sentances, and the words I'm having truble with. It would really help me, :)

Thanks

[Glenn]

お風呂（おふろ）-- bath

まい is a mistake; it should be 前 (まえ), meaning "before."

後（あと）-- after

入った（はいった）from 入る（はいる）meaning "enter."

I'm pretty sure おふろに　まえに　べんきょうを　します is grammatically wrong. The version with の is right. However, I get the sense that there should have been a はいる in there. In that case, おふろに　はいる　まえに　べんきょうを　する is perfectly legitimate.

The sentences mean (1) "I (will) study before my bath," (2) "I (will) study before I take a bath," (that's if it's supposed to have はいる in it), (3) "I (will) watch TV after my bath," (4) "I (will) watch TV after I've taken a bath."

[lv426]

ah thanks, まい was my mistake wasnt paying attention to what I was typing. I think the word for bath was really putting me off on this, thanks very much for your help!

Whats the deal with the noun stuff, I think the second sentance in each section is ment to be the dictonary form.

[blade_bltz]

I've always heard of あと　taking で。 Is に acceptable as well? Does the meaning change?

[Elizabeth]

後　can take any particle -- は、に、で、を、の　or very often nothing.
In the case of おふろ　の　あと　に　テレビ　を　見ます。 or おふろ　に　はいった　あと　に　テレビ　を　見ます、　あとで also sounds perfectly fine to me, perhaps slightly more emphasis on the sequence -- that television will only be watched AFTER taking a bath and closer to　おふろにはいって、テレビ　を　見ます。:?

[lv426]

What is the perpose of the はいった, in the two second sentances. So its meaning is close to 'enter', but what gramatical perpouse does this have?

[Takakoo]

It's like the difference in English between saying "After a bath..." and "After taking a bath...", but in Japanese it's literally entering a bath.

[lv426]

Ah right I see, thanks very much!
Would there be any diffrence in the sentance if you changed bath to dinner, e.g. I have dinner befor watching TV "ばんごはん　を　たべる　に　はいった　まい　に　テレビ　を　みます。
You can't enter a meal, or am I reading too closely and this is just a grammatical querk!

[kumo]

ばんごはん　を　たべる　に　はいった　まい　に　テレビ　を　みます。

The word order is wrong, and it's ばんごはん　を　たべる　まえ　に　テレビ　を　みます (no need for はいった in this case).This would mean "I watch TV before having dinner", for what you asked, just invert the order "テレビ　を　みる　まえ　に　ばんごはん　をたべます。

[MeAndroo]

You can't enter a meal, or am I reading too closely and this is just a grammatical querk!

Right, you can't enter the meal. The verb hairu in the above case was, like Takakoo said, used with bath. It's also used for other things, but you don't enter food.