Я надеваю наушники, чтобы громкий голос по радио не мешал моим мыслям.

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Breakdown of Я надеваю наушники, чтобы громкий голос по радио не мешал моим мыслям.

• мой: my
• не: not
• чтобы: so that

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Why is it надеваю and not ношу or одеваю in this sentence?

Russian distinguishes several verbs that all look like “to put on / to wear” in English:

• надевать / надеть – to put something on (yourself)

  • Я надеваю наушники. – I am putting on headphones.
  • Я надену наушники. – I will put on headphones (one-time future).

• носить – to wear (or to carry) as a state, not the action of putting on

  • Я ношу наушники. – I (usually) wear headphones.

• одевать / одеть – to dress someone else

  • Мама одевает ребёнка. – Mom is dressing the child.

So here, the action is “I put on headphones (now/in general)”, so надеваю is correct.
Ношу would mean “I wear headphones (in general)”, and одеваю would mean “I am dressing (someone)”, which doesn’t fit.

Why is наушники plural? Is there a singular form in Russian?