Whose and Possessives in Russian

How to say (and ask) who something belongs to, making sure that our endings match up properly... and a note about three quirky possessives that never change.

[@jeffreyd508]

Vids are straight to the point, simple and quick! Great style. No 30 second bs introduction. Your vids rock!

[@augustuseuropa410]

Very helpful. Спасибо большое!

[@gezma12]

this helped me so much - thank you.

[@xaverxirkenburg4058]

Thank you for this lesson!

[@zoyablake9538]

Excellent.

[@bigrichtexas7090]

excellent

[@almanca-ingilischazrlq9923]

thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks

[@janoskovacs7784]

Hi, I'd like to request a video explaining the word "свой".

[@russiangrammar]

It's on the way!

[@janoskovacs7784]

@@russiangrammar Thank you, since I found your channel, I don't want to learn Russian from anyone else on the internet.

[@onthesearch5]

Он любнт свою жену? Вы знаете его жену? This is ok? Please more about correct nossessives in your wonderful posts !

[@russiangrammar]

Those are fine. свой indicates something that belongs to the subject of the sentence; so Я потерял свой паспорт = Я потерял мой паспорт = I lost my passport Ты потерял свой паспорт = You lost your passport. Мы любим свою страну = We love our country The difference is more critical when он/она/они is the subject: Дима любит свою жену = Dima loves his [own] wife :) Боря любит его жену = Boria loves his [someone else's!] wife :( I'll put свой on the list of topics for upcoming videos.

[@russiangrammar]

And Angelos has a nice tutorial about свой at explorerussian.com/svoj-reflexive-possessive-pronoun/

[@SuperMatag]

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