Breakdown of Иногда я просто плачу от усталости, а потом делаю паузу и отдыхаю.
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Questions & Answers about Иногда я просто плачу от усталости, а потом делаю паузу и отдыхаю.
In the word плачу, how do I know whether it means “I cry” or “I pay”?
They are two different verbs that just happen to look the same in writing; you distinguish them by stress and context.
- пла́чу (PLÁ-chu) – from плакать (to cry) → “I cry / I am crying”
- плачу́ (pla-CHÚ) – from платить (to pay) → “I pay / I am paying”
In your sentence:
Иногда я просто пла́чу от усталости…
the meaning “I just cry from exhaustion” makes sense, so we know the stress is on the first syllable: пла́чу (cry), not плачу́ (pay).
Russian normally doesn’t mark stress in writing, so you learn it from vocabulary study and from context.
Why is it от усталости and not от усталость or от устала?