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After doing A
お 昼ひる寝ねを して か ら ゲ ー ム を します 。 
I'll play some games after I take a nap.
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肉 を 焼 い て か ら 、 そこ に ある 麺 を 混 ぜ て ね 。 
After you grill the meat, please mix it over there with the noodles.
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お 兄 さ ん は 毎 日 仕 事 が 終 わ っ て か ら ボ ラ ン テ ィ ア を する ！ 尊 敬 し て い る 。 
Every day, my (older) brother does volunteer work after his work is finished. I really respect him.
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赤 ち ゃ ん と 猫 が 遊 ん で か ら 寝 ま し た 。 
After the baby and the cat played, they went to sleep.
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彼 が 来 て か ら 討 議 を 始 め よ う 。 
Let's begin the discussion after he comes.
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彼 が 来 て か ら 出 発 し ま す 。 
I will depart after he comes.
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まず シ ャ ワ ー を 浴 び て か ら 、 勉 強 し て も い い で す か 。 
Is it alright if I study after I take a shower?
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病 気 に なって か ら 考 え 方 が 変 わ り ま し た 。 
My way of thinking changed after I became ill.

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Construction
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AVerb: て-form
から
Basic Examples
私は食べてから => After I eat..
おかあさんはしごとをしてから => After mom works...

This is a fairly simple form that focuses on the linear progression between 2 actions/events. It does not suggest any kind of cause/effect relationship, just that one event comes after another.
Past and non-past usage
It's important to remember that regardless of when the events take place (past or non-past), the first verb is always in the て form.

昨日 、 食 べ て か ら 勉 強 し ま し た 。 (correct)

Yesterday, I studied after I ate.

今日 、 食 べ て か ら 勉 強 し ま す 。 (correct)

Today, I'll study after I eat.
Related Expressions
上で
後で
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User notes
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(5 years ago)
てから puts priority on the first action in the sentence and suggests it's a required action in order that the second one happen.
風邪が治ってから学校に来なさい。= Come back to school once you've recovered from the cold.
後で does not carry such a nuance: it plainly shows a sequence of actions.
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IJamLegend
Level: 1
(10 years ago)
According to a friend who's pretty fluent and lives in Saitama, ?槭※縺九ｉ?
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mtsugawa
Level: 7
(12 years ago)
The same purpose can be achieved with Verb たform　＋　あと, second clause. For example, the above sentences could be:
きのう、食べたあと、勉強しました。
今日、食べたあと勉強します。
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Discussion about this grammar
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nnibbs01
Level: 1
この文法はとても便利ですよ！
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15 years ago
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sweatervest
Level: 1
はい、とても便利ですね。
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15 years ago
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無風
Level: 3
Well, I was trying to make a direct suggestion for a possible correction on the sentence, but the page was taking half my life to load. So, in example #2, should it not be ボランティアをします　rather than ボランティアをする　so　that it is in keeping with the tense in the sentence that follows it in polite form? Or perhaps the second sentence should be in casual form?
Perhaps this is a grammar I don't know...?
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マイコー
Level: 278
Hmm, sorry to hear that it was slow. I'm actually migrating the site to a new web server in the next few weeks, so that should help. I checked, and while it would fly in casual speech, it'd probably be better to keep them the same. I'll fix it right now. Thanks!
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15 years ago
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無風
Level: 3
No problem ^^ One little problem [the slow thing] doesn't bother me. I realise that my comment may have seemed snarky since I began with "Well", but that is just common in my speech. I'll look forward to this move though.
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Ladymercury
Level: 19
So, what I'm understanding about this grammar is that its used in reference to you, the first person, and not another person (3rd person)?
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 278
It can refer to third person subjects - there are several models (click the 'model sentences' tab) that show this :).
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14 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 1742
in the third example sentence, I'm not sure why the 'and' is in red - shouldn't the 'played' be emphasized instead?
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 278
Fixed!
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14 years ago
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