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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
по-сво́ему • (po-svójemu)
- 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.
- according to one’s way of thinking
- 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:
Я сде́лал по-сво́ему.- Ja sdélal po-svójemu.
- I did it my way.
Он сде́лал по-сво́ему.- On sdélal po-svójemu.
- He did it his way.
Мы сде́лали по-сво́ему.- My sdélali po-svójemu.
- We did it our way.