Хотя я устал, я всё же пойду в парк вечером.

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Breakdown of Хотя я устал, я всё же пойду в парк вечером.

• в: to
• парк: the park
• пойти: to go

Questions & Answers about Хотя я устал, я всё же пойду в парк вечером.

What does хотя mean here, and why is there a comma after устал?

Хотя means although / even though and introduces a subordinate clause.

So the sentence is structured like this:

• Хотя я устал = although I am tired / although I got tired
• я всё же пойду в парк вечером = I will still go to the park in the evening

Russian normally uses a comma to separate this kind of subordinate clause from the main clause, just like English often does.

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Why is it устал, not уставший?

Устал is the past-tense form of the verb устать = to get tired / to become tired.

Here it means something like I got tired or more naturally in English I am tired depending on context.

Уставший is an adjective/participle meaning tired as a description, like a tired person.

So:

• Я устал = I am tired / I got tired
• Я уставший = I am tired (more descriptive, more adjective-like, often more colloquial in some contexts)

In this sentence, Я устал is the standard and natural choice.

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Why is it устал specifically? Does that tell us anything about the speaker?