How to phrase a sentence including "After/Before" followed by a verb in MSA?
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I would like to know how to use a proper structure in MSA/Classical Arabic for the translation of "before I go…before going…" or "after going…"

I learned to use this kind of sentences in colloquial Levantine Arabic as follows:

قبل ما اروح عالمدينة
before I go to the city
بعد ما تاكل
After you eat…

Would that structure be correct in MSA or is it specific to the dialects?

Is this structure more appropriate?
قبل ان…..
بعد ان…..

If both structures do exist could you specify the differences?

شكرا جزيلا يا جماعة

Question

How to phrase a sentence including "After/Before" followed by a verb in MSA?
مرحبا

I would like to know how to use a proper structure in MSA/Classical Arabic for the translation of "before I go…before going…" or "after going…"

I learned to use this kind of sentences in colloquial Levantine Arabic as follows:

قبل ما اروح عالمدينة
before I go to the city
بعد ما  تاكل
 After you eat…

Would that structure be correct in MSA or is it specific to the dialects?

Is this structure more appropriate? 
قبل ان…..
بعد ان…..

If both structures do exist could you specify the differences?

شكرا جزيلا يا جماعة

Answer

You could say 
before I go=قبل ان اذهب 
before going=قبل الذهاب 
After I go=بعد ان اذهب 
after going=بعد الذهاب 
So both structures exist the difference is in the sentence form.
Example:
Before I go(verb) to school I will to the library.
قبل ان اذهب الى المدرسة سوف اذهب الى المكتبة 
Before going(noun) to school I will to the library.
قبل الذهاب الى المدرسة سوف اذهب الى المكتبة

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I guess this would be the rule of the sentences am_100 wrote down below, thanks.

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They are the same in dialect and MSA.

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Yes Tomas, the same also in MSA.
قبل أن أذهب = قبل الذهاب
Because there is a a rule in MSA said that :  
أن + مصارع = أن + المصدر
"You are welcome to discuss with me any further explanations"

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You got it right [emoji]

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