perfect tense

[Sentinel76 Astrakhan]

To me "вчера вечером я устал" sounds completely unnatural.  The proper way is "Вчера вечером я был усталым" or, colloquially, "вчера вечером я был усталый".

"Вчера вечером чувствовался утомленным" is completely wrong.
"вчера вечером я был уставшим" also sounds awkward by itself; you some context ("уставшим от чего-то").

Vadim Astrakhan
www.vvinenglish.com

> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:43:27 +0000
> From: Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] perfect tense
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> 
> Hello,
> 
> It would be of interest to give the way such nuances are expressed in Russian
> for example as it has only three tenses and two aspects to render the 16 tenses of the French language.
> 
> What about : вчера вечером я был уставшим (grammatical option)
> 
> - Вчера вечером чувствовался утомленным (lexical option)
> 
> Any other ideas and/or corrections ?
> 
> Philippe Frison
> (Strasbourg, France)
> 
> 
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