Breakdown of Я всегда нахожу свою книгу.
книга
book
всегда
always
свой
one's own
находить
to find (imperfective)
Questions & Answers about Я всегда нахожу свою книгу.
Why do we use свою instead of мою to say 'my'?
Свою is a reflexive possessive pronoun. It always refers back to the subject of the sentence, which is Я (I) here. While you can technically say мою in this specific sentence, Russian speakers strongly prefer forms of свой when the subject is acting on its own object.
How does свою relate to the reflexive pronoun себя that we are learning?
What is the infinitive of нахожу and why does it have a ж?
The infinitive is находить (to find). In Russian, many verbs ending in -дить have a consonant change where the д turns into a ж only in the я (I) form. For other pronouns, the original consonant returns, like in ты находишь (you find).
Why does the word for book end in 'у' here (книгу)?
The book is the direct object being found, so it needs to be in the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -а like книга, the ending changes to -у in the accusative.