"Я люблю свою дочь."
Translation:I love my daughter.
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It's a possessive pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence. Here, it's "Я", so it translates to "My".
If it was "Он", it would translate to "His". "Она" = "Her", etc.
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Thank you for the explanation, although no matter what I cannot seem to get a good "feel" for the word, I am always thinking it means "his/her," possibly from influence of being a Spanish speaker, and thinking: su.
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Своя рубашка - ближе к телу - Your own shirt is closer to your body (more important to you). 'Shirt' works like a parameter (template) here. What's belong to you is more important to you.
This word does not exist in English, but it's a handy one: it means "belonging/relating to the subject". If I talk about my stuff, this word would mean "my"; if the subject of the sentence is you, the same word would mean "your"; if the subject is someone else, the meaning would be "his" or "her".
You can translate it to English as "a daughter of mine" which should convey the meaning close enough.
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I don't get that reasoning at all. Changing the possessive to the predicative form just makes it a less direct translation without addressing the issue zirkul raise, which doesn't have an easy solution.
Свою is posessive plus own depending who is the subject. Я люблю свою дочь. Subject я - translate as "my own". I love my own daughter. Он любит свою дочь. Subject is 'Он' - He loves his own daughter. Они любят своих дочерей. - they love their own daughters. I hope it helps. Dont give up!
When is люблю like and when is it love? I'm very confused why Duolingo is making me choose one specifically over another all the time.
"Любить"="to love" when you talk about people (like here).
At the same time "любить"="to like" when you talk about inanimate things/objects: Я люблю молоко = I like milk. English "to love" in reference to inanimate things is much stronger than Russian "любить" and better corresponds to something like "обожать".
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It may be an action too. "I am making love to". In case of your daughter the misunderstanding may be a problem.
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But there would be more potential for misunderstandings. Я люблю, мою дочь. - I love daughter and I wash her.
"Мою дочь" since it's the accusative case. You can, but it's more natural to use "свою".