"Я люблю своих маму и папу."

Translation: I love my mom and dad.

[AbrahamLacayo]

I'm curious then as to what "Я люблю моих маму и папу" would mean exactly to a native Russian ear.

[Langrusse]

The same meaning, but like it's a child who says it.

[Nemesis_NaR]

Would я люблю свою маму и папу be also correct? Because that's how you would say this sentence in Czech.

[Langrusse]

Then there must be свою маму и своего папу. Together - своих.

[Nemesis_NaR]

I understand the logic. So it means you can't hear the sentence я люблю свою маму и папу, not even in informal speech?

[Langrusse]

Yes. Мама - feminine; папа - masculine. Pronouns agree with nouns in gender, number and case.

[Nemesis_NaR]

That's not my question :-) So I'll rephrase:

Does я люблю свою маму и папу sound totaly weird or could you say it in informal speech?

[Langrusse]

Totally. Informal: Люблю маму и папу. Люблю мать и отца.

[Nemesis_NaR]

Interesting. Thanks a lot :-)

[Voltau]

I'm russiam and I say "я люблю свою маму и папу"

[RuciGluci]

yeah, in Polish we would say the same thing: (lit.) "свою маму и папу" :)

[jaaron001]

why not use мой in the accusative plural? isn't it more ambiguous to use своих?

[Berniebud]

It's not ambiguous at all, really. "Свой" is used when the subject and the possessor are the same.

[rmatika0001]

How would you express just liking you parents?

[yasmine_y]

«Мне нравится...»

[websmasha]

This is what I find hard about Russian. Why can't I just use моя or мои or мой?

[Joosky]

Why is "mama" and "papa" wrong?

[Ulysser]

Любить requires the accusative form

Мама = маму (Accusative)
Папа = папу (accusative)

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[Maslanov]

Interesting, but I do not have time. Интересно, но у меня нет часов(?).

[Lahav862043]

Why своих and not свою?

[yasmine_y]

Свою is singular.

[whampancakes]

why is 'своих' marked as meaning 'his' and 'her'? It's incorrect ?

[yasmine_y]

It's correct. The plural in Russian can refer to both to feminine, masculine and neuter nouns with no distinction.

[vemmv]

What conjugation does своих use?

[Charlie531761]

I don't get it. своих should modify an accusative plural. маму is singular and попу is singular, so the correct possessive should be свою not своих. своих родителей would be correct

[Rk5I3]

If you replace "my mom and dad" with pronouns, it would be "them" or "her and him". If you choose the last way, you can say свою маму и своего папу but if you want to cut the other possessive, it should be своих маму и папу.

[Daoken]

Своих is the genitive plural of свои right?

And we use it since the plural accusative uses the rule of genitive for animated things and nominative for non-animated things.

[SharonGBro]

I think the discussion above was clear. Люблю requires accusative Мама --> маму
Рара --> рару
Своих possessive plural instead of мои because the subject (speaker) is the same as the possessor (my). Plural because there are direct objects of the word love (mama and papa)

[SharonGBro]

2 objects

[Darknightcerb]

Я люблю своих маму и папу