Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "one's own" in Russian

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собственный

Meaning: one's own

Pronunciation: [SOHP-stvee-niy]

Part of speech: adjective

Rank: #341 (see frequency list)

Do you have your own car?
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Example sentences:

У тебя́ есть сóбственный автомоби́ль?
Do you have your own car?
У них нет сóбственного дóма, они́ живу́т у роди́телей.
They don't have their own house, they live with the parents.
Для детéй óчень вáжно имéть cвою́ сóбственную кóмнату.
It's very important for children to have their own room.
Ты дóлжен ду́мать о сóбственной вы́годе.
You have to think of your own profit.
У них там своя́ сóбственная жизнь.
They have their own life.
literal They have their own life there.
В сóбственной семьé он чу́вствовал себя́ чужи́м.
He felt like a stranger in his own family.
У них нет сóбственных детéй, поэ́тому они́ реши́ли усынови́ть ребëнка из Китáя.
They don't have their own children, so they decided to adopt a child from China.
Да, я ви́дел э́то сóбственными глазáми и слы́шал сóбственными ушáми.
Yes, I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears.
Докумéнт мóжет получи́ть тóлько Андрéй Петрóвич в сóбственные ру́ки.
Only Andrey Petrovich himself can receive the document.
literal Only Andrey Petrovich can receive the document in his own hands.
Мы им ужé не помогáем, они́ живу́т за свой сóбственный счëт.
We don't help them anymore, they live by their own means.
Ми́ша реши́л учи́ться на архитéктора по своéй сóбстенной инициати́ве.
Misha decided to study architecture on his own initiative.
literal Misha decided to study for architect on his own initiative.
А, вот и Гéна, сóбственной персóной!
Oh, here's Gena in person!
Москвá – и́мя сóбственное.
Moscow is a proper name.
Прóбуйте, прóбуйте, огурцы́ сóбственного засóла!
Come on, taste them, we pickled them ourselves!
literal Taste, taste, the cucumbers are of our own pickling!

Idioms and set expressions:

в сóбственные ру́ки = in smb's own hands
чу́вство сóбственного достóинства = self-respect
сóбственный корреспондéнт = staff correspondent
cóбственной персóной = in person
и́мя сóбственное = proper name
по сóбственному желáнию = of smb's own accord

Related words:

свой = one's own
cóбственность = property
сóбственно = actually, in fact

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