@robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down10
arrow-up11.45Karrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.world@robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square363fedilink
minus-squareKühe sind tolllinkfedilink5•4 months 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-square@Speiser0@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoAlso, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot).
minus-squareKühe sind tolllinkfedilink1•4 months agoYeah. I have no clue why it’s the #standard word" but yes.
minus-square@herrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months 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.
Also, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot).
Yeah. I have no clue why it’s the #standard word" but yes.
I know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.