robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square295fedilinkarrow-up11.14K
arrow-up11.14KimageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square295fedilink
minus-squareKühe sind toll@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s because of the so called “Dimitutiv”. What it does is basically, it say that the object in queue is smaller version of it. Some examples: Der Baum - Das Bäumchen Der Junge - Das Jüngchen It’s always neutral. The original word is “Die Magd” and the Dimitutiv is Mädchen.
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.
Das Mädchen (girl, neutral)
That’s because of the so called “Dimitutiv”. What it does is basically, it say that the object in queue is smaller version of it. Some examples:
Der Baum - Das Bäumchen
Der Junge - Das Jüngchen
It’s always neutral. The original word is “Die Magd” and the Dimitutiv is Mädchen.
I know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.