по-своему

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɐ‿ˈsvo(j)ɪmʊ]
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Adverb

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по-сво́ему (po-svójemu)

  1. in one’s own way
    • 1875, Leo Tolstoy, Анна Каренина[1]:
      Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему.
      Vse sčastlivyje semʹi poxoži drug na druga, každaja nesčastlivaja semʹja nesčastliva po-svojemu.
      All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
  2. according to one’s way of thinking
  3. according to one’s way of doing

Usage notes

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The English translation of своему may be my, your, his, her, our, their or one’s, depending on subject of the verb: