Свой - Ones own

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Свой - Ones own[hide]

Свой is the Russian reflexive possessive pronoun. It is used like Мой (my), and has the same forms.
It is used when the owner of something is the subject of the sentence clause. (Its use is required in the 3rd person, and optional in the 1st and 2nd. Although it is almost always used if the subject is ты).
Иван любит свою собаку - Ivan loves his (own) dog.
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Conclusion.

Reflexive verbs are used to indicate the concept of ‘oneself’. When the sentence’s subject is also the object. The reflexive form of a verb is also used for intransitive verbs, those verbs that have no object.
There are some uses of the reflexive forms which just don’t seem to fit the above patterns. You will just have to learn these as you meet them.