Breakdown of Я наслаждаюсь своей приватностью и своим спокойствием.
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я
I
свой
one's own
наслаждаться
to enjoy
приватность
privacy
спокойствие
peace (calmness, tranquility)
Questions & Answers about Я наслаждаюсь своей приватностью и своим спокойствием.
Why is the reflexive pronoun 'свой' in the Instrumental case (своей, своим) here?
The verb наслаждаться (to enjoy) always requires its object to be in the Instrumental case. In Russian, you don't just 'enjoy something,' you 'enjoy by means of something.' Because the nouns are in the Instrumental case, the pronouns attached to them must be too.
Why does the sentence use two different forms of the same pronoun: своей and своим?
Свой has to match the gender, number, and case of the noun it belongs to. The first noun, приватность (privacy), is feminine, so it takes the feminine Instrumental form своей. The second noun, спокойствие (peace), is neuter, so it takes the neuter Instrumental form своим.
Could I use моей and моим (my) instead of своей and своим?
How did the noun приватность (privacy) change to приватностью?
Приватность is a feminine noun that ends in a soft sign (-ь). For this specific group of feminine nouns, you form the Instrumental case by simply adding -ю to the end of the word, resulting in приватностью.
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