Я всегда кладу зарядку в карман рюкзака перед поездкой.

I always put the charger in my backpack pocket before a trip.

Breakdown of Я всегда кладу зарядку в карман рюкзака перед поездкой.

• я: I
• в: in
• поездка: the trip
• перед: before

Questions & Answers about Я всегда кладу зарядку в карман рюкзака перед поездкой.

Why is зарядка translated as charger here? I thought зарядка could mean exercise.

Yes, зарядка can mean two different things:

• morning exercise / warm-up
• charger or charging cable/device in everyday speech

In this sentence, зарядка clearly means charger, because you put it in a backpack pocket before a trip. The context makes the meaning clear.

Why is it зарядку and not зарядка?

Because зарядку is the accusative case, which is used here for the direct object of the verb кладу (I put).

The dictionary form is зарядка.
In the accusative singular, it becomes зарядку.

So:

• зарядка = nominative
• зарядку = accusative

In this sentence, the speaker is putting the charger, so Russian uses the accusative.

Why is the verb кладу used here?