по-своему

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐ‿ˈsvo(j)ɪmʊ]
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Adverb

по-сво́ему (po-svójemu)

  1. in one’s own way
    • 1875, Leo Tolstoy, Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]:
      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

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

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