Word
Он не хочет говорить о своей приватности.
Meaning
He does not want to talk about his privacy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Он не хочет говорить о своей приватности.
не
not
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
говорить
to speak, to talk
хотеть
to want
Questions & Answers about Он не хочет говорить о своей приватности.
Why do we use своей here instead of его if the subject is 'He'?
In Russian, when a possessive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence, we use the reflexive pronoun свой (meaning 'one's own'). If we used его here (Он не хочет говорить о его приватности), it would mean he does not want to talk about some other guy's privacy.
Why is свой in the form своей?
Свой must agree with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. The noun приватность is feminine and singular. Because it follows the preposition о ('about'), the phrase must be in the Prepositional case. The feminine singular Prepositional form of свой is своей.
Why does приватности end in -и instead of the usual Prepositional -е?
Приватность is a feminine noun ending in a soft sign (-ь). These belong to the 3rd declension (like дверь or вещь). In the Prepositional case, 3rd declension nouns always take an -и ending instead of an -е, making it о приватности.
Is приватность the standard word for 'privacy' in Russian?