"Ato ni" vs "Mae ni"
In these sentences can you help me to understand what these mean?

Kare wa shigoto no mae ni koohii o nomimasu

And

Kanojo wa hirugohan no ato ni yomimasu

Thanks in advance.

Question

"Ato ni" vs "Mae ni"
In these sentences can you help me to understand what these mean?

Kare wa shigoto no mae ni koohii o nomimasu

And

Kanojo wa hirugohan no ato ni yomimasu

Thanks in advance.

Answer

Thanks for the help! That's twice now too you helped out Lauren. Thanks again ^_^

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Lauren, please have confidence! If you worry about your answer, just add "though I'n not very sure / I'm learner, too, please wait for other answer(s)" or something. Anyway, your answers are very good! :D

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Thanks Ryoko and Tony! I should learn to have more confidence in my explanations :)

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Hi Lauren, it's nice of you to help other learners! Why don't you write your answer as an answer? (You always write as a comment though yours are very good answers.) :)

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the first one is "he drinks coffee before work," and the second means "she reads after lunch." "~no ato ni　〜の　後「あと」　に" is used to mean "after," and "~no mae ni　〜の　前「まえ」　に" is used to mean "before." if a verb goes before these words, you don't need to use "~no　の," and in the case that either adverb follows a past-tense verb, it is not necessary to use ~ni 〜に at the end.

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