▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I know that, but that doesn't do much to un-confuse beginner speakers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Speiser0@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Also, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I have no clue why it's the #standard word" but yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I know that, but that doesn't do much to un-confuse beginner speakers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Speiser0@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Also, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I have no clue why it's the #standard word" but yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I have no clue why it's the #standard word" but yes. permalink fedilink source parent
