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Technically, Я устала = "I got tired", and "I am tired" = Я уставшая, but no one talks like that, so you have to use "Я устала" here too. And since Russian doesn't have a "Past Perfect" tense, "I was tired" is also translated as Я устала.
It just doesn't sound like proper Russian.
Everyone would say "Я устала" in all cases.
Hm, I suppose you're right.
However we can't use уставшая in all cases. For example, a person who is tired would rather say "Я устал!" than "Я уставший!" Especially when the word is alone (without такая etc). So I think it is easier for the Russian learners to memorize only one but flexible and always appropriate way to express it.
уставшая is a participle, maybe that's why people don't prefer it here; participles are more common in written and/or formal Russian, not so much in conversation (though there are exceptions like следующий 'next' or бывший 'former'). I have a few videos about them here (http://preview.tinyurl.com/z3obl53), but people who are just starting out with Russian shouldn't worry about them too much at the beginning.
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It's funny how they say it as a girl version of the word, but they used a man's voice in the actual question in a lesson.
I like how it was a dude saying hes tired with a feminine ending. Those quirky Russians
Thanks. I'm not native, so I get some of these things wrong... I was thinking on sentences like "I've got to go" and "I've got something for you".
Must chime in that "gotten" is the older form. Using "got" as the participle is more recent in English. Not saying people who use "got" are wrong, just that "gotten" was in use as a participle in every English speaking region before "got"
I suppose, "I was tired" requires some additional past time indicator. For example, "I was tired yesterday" would be OK, but it means "Я была уставшей вчера". "Я устала" without any time indicator suggests that I got tired and I am tired in the present moment.
It can be used in all cases. i am tired, I was tired. It's the same but only that word
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Почему ответ "я устал" засчитан как неправильный? Правильным считается только: "Я усталА". "I am tired". Где здесь половые признаки?
Yikes, this is really confusing me. I can't really understand how "I am tired" and "I was tired" are interpreted the same. They're not the same - at least not too me. "I am tired" - still currently tired (present). "I was tired" - was tired at the time (past). There has to be some way of distinguishing between the two, no?
why does duolingo make me tired always hearing "устал" Stop repeating there should be more verbs
I think that "I got tired" is more correct here as a Russian talker (my family from Ukraine) ;) basically, she said something that happened to her in the past... why? because you can use that in a sentence in Russian when "I got tired yesterday after the work" It's my opinion, but that option 100% should be accepted
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Confusing to use 'to be tired' so many times in this lesson. I understand that it is the past tense but in English is seems like the present tense (even though 'tired' is a past participle so in a way it is past tense in English too! Maybe think of it as 'I tired' rather than 'I am tired') It would have maybe been better had Duolingo chosen a more straightforward example of the past tense for a first lesson about this topic, no?
