Breakdown of Она насмотрелась всяких фильмов и смогла выплакаться.
и
and
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
фильм
movie
смочь
to manage to, to be able to (perfective)
насмотреться
to look at one's fill
всякий
any sort of
выплакаться
to have a good cry
Questions & Answers about Она насмотрелась всяких фильмов и смогла выплакаться.
How does the combination of вы- and -ся change the verb плакать in выплакаться?
The prefix вы- combined with the postfix -ся creates a verb meaning to do something to complete satisfaction or until the need is exhausted. While плакать simply means to cry, выплакаться means to cry until you have no tears left or until you feel an emotional release.
Why is the object всяких фильмов in the Genitive case?
It acts as the object of насмотрелась. Verbs built with the на-...-ся pattern (meaning to do an action to one's fill) require their objects to be in the Genitive case rather than the Accusative. You can think of it as watching a saturation point of films.
Why use the perfective смогла instead of the imperfective могла?
The perfective смогла emphasizes that she actually managed to achieve the result on this specific occasion. Using the imperfective могла would describe a general ability or state (she was capable of crying), missing the sense of a successful, completed effort after watching the movies.
What is the difference between всяких фильмов and всех фильмов?
всех фильмов would mean absolutely all the films, as in every single one. всяких фильмов (from всякий) means all sorts of or various films. In this context, it casually implies she watched a random assortment of movies to help trigger her tears.
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