Question

저녁 먹고 나서 커피 마실래요? -고 나서 attaches to verb stems and marks an activity to be completely done before a subsequent action is preformed. The pattern corresponds to 'after finishing', 'upon finishing' or 'and then'. The ending -고 itself can be used to link two subsequent actions; however, the addition of 나서 stresses out that the first action has been completed.-고 나서 is similar to -(으)ㄴ 후/뒤/다음에 and does not convey any meaning of how quick or in which manner the marked action is performed.

Accepted Answer

Do you want to have some coffee after dinner?

Front	저녁 먹고 나서 커피 마실래요?
Back	Do you want to have some coffee after dinner?
Notes	-고 나서 attaches to verb stems and marks an activity to be completely done before a subsequent action is preformed. The pattern corresponds to 'after finishing', 'upon finishing' or 'and then'. The ending -고 itself can be used to link two subsequent actions; however, the addition of 나서 stresses out that the first action has been completed. -고 나서 is similar to -(으)ㄴ 후/뒤/다음에 and does not convey any meaning of how quick or in which manner the marked action is performed.

나서 고 Action Subsequent 저녁 먹고 커피 마실래요