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.
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.