Я устал от переписки и собираюсь просто позвонить ей.

I am tired of messaging and am just going to call her.

Breakdown of Я устал от переписки и собираюсь просто позвонить ей.

• я: I
• и: and
• от: from
• позвонить: to call

Questions & Answers about Я устал от переписки и собираюсь просто позвонить ей.

Why is it я устал, and not я есть устал or something with a separate verb быть (“to be”)?

In Russian, you normally do not use the verb быть in the present tense in statements like this.

• Я устал literally is “I became tired / I am (in a state of) tiredness now.”
• The verb устал is the past tense form of устать (“to get tired”) and in modern Russian it also serves to express the current resultant state: I am tired (now because I got tired earlier).
• Adding есть (“am/is/are”) would sound archaic or literary here: я есть устал is incorrect in modern spoken Russian.

Also, устал is masculine.

• A woman would say: Я устала.
• In plural: Мы устали (“We are tired / we got tired”).

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Why is it от переписки and not just переписка or another case?