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The words сам (oneself), весь (all), всякий (every), каждый (each/every), иной (other), другой (another), любой (any) are Russian determinative pronouns. They refer to definite but not specific actions and features of objects. Compare the following phrases to get the idea. хороший ученик (good student)       vs. каждый ученик (every student) другой ученик (another student)

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The determinative pronouns change by gender, number and cases.

Change of сам (oneself) by gender and number

Change of сам (oneself) by cases

The determinative pronouns каждый, любой, всякий are used to single an object (person or thing) out of a number of similar ones. For example:

Она экономит каждую копейку.
(She saves every kopeck.)

Мы в любом случае поговорим с ним.
(We'll talk to him in any case.)

The pronouns весь, вся, всё, все are used not only with nouns (весь день) by also without them. They should be either neuter or plural when used separetely. For instance:

Всё прошло очень быстро.
(Everything happened very quickly.)

Все спешат домой.
(Everybody is hurrying home.)

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