Diminutives

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Today we are going to study the diminutives in Spanish.


In Spanish people usually use some diminutive forms of the nouns.  In English we usually translate this diminutive as "little":

NIÑO

(BOY)

NIÑITO

(LITTLE BOY) 

However, diminutives don't necessary express size.  Actually, is very common to use diminutives to express affection.  

Imagine a mother calling a 6-foot tall adult son as "my little boy".

Nouns in Spanish generally become diminutives by adding -ito and -cito for the male nouns and -ita and -cita

CARRO- CARRITO

(CAR- LITTLE CAR)

FLOR- FLORECITA

(FLOWER- LITTLE FLOWER)

So finally when do we use diminutives?

• To indicate something is small
• To indicate something is charming or endearing
• To give a friendly tone
• To indicate something is unimportant

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