Help me with this!
So I'm studying by myself and in my book this sentence came up:

電話をかけてから、友達のうちへいきます。

I don't really understand this sentence, knowing the meaning of the words my silly guess is:
when I phone, I go to my friends house.

Which makes 0 sense to me, but the next sentence(which is the same structure) I think I actually understand the meaning because of the verb tense:

うちへかえってから、晩ごはんを食べました。
When I went home , I ate my dinner.

Is it me or the Te form of kakemasu is translated as a past tense cause of the verb tabemas being in past tense?

1: What does the first sentence mean?
2: Am I right with the second one?

Thank you! :D

Question

Help me with this!
So I'm studying by myself and in my book this sentence came up:

電話をかけてから、友達のうちへいきます。

I don't really understand this sentence, knowing the meaning of the words my silly guess is:
when I phone, I go to my friends house.

Which makes 0 sense to me, but the next sentence(which is the same structure) I think I actually understand the meaning because of the verb tense:

うちへかえってから、晩ごはんを食べました。
When I went home , I ate my dinner.

Is it me or the Te form of kakemasu is translated as a past tense cause of the verb tabemas being in past tense?

1: What does the first sentence mean?
2: Am I right with the second one?

Thank you! :D

Answer

「電話をかけてから、友達のうちへいきます。」
Before he/she goes to friend's house, he/she phones a friend to tell that he/she comes there from now, I guess.
So,  the sentence "After I phone my friend, I (am going to)go to my friend's house." is easier to understand?
Sorry, I don't have a  confidence about English grammar...

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