The diminutive engine: -ΠΈΠΊ/-ΡΠΈΠΊ, -ΠΎΠΊ, -ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°/-Π΅ΡΠΊΠ°, -Π΅Π½ΡΠΊ-; pragmatics from tenderness to shop talk (ΡΠ΅ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊ)
I can form diminutives and deploy them for tenderness, softening and irony.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ΠΠΎΡΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΡ - ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΉΠΊΡ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΡ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅ Π²ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌ.
Let's sit down before the journey - and have a little tea for the road too.
ΠΠ°ΠΌ ΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊ Π½ΡΠΆΠ΅Π½? - ΠΠ΅Ρ, ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΊ, ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»ΡΠΉΡΡΠ°.
Do you need a little bag? - No, just the receipt, please.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Π‘ΡΡΡΠΈΠΊΡΡ:
| Π‘ΡΡΡΠΈΠΊΡ | ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ |
|---|---|
| -ΠΈΠΊ/-ΡΠΈΠΊ | ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΊ, ΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΠΊ, Π΄ΠΈΠ²Π°Π½ΡΠΈΠΊ |
| -ΠΎΠΊ/-ΡΠΊ | Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΊ, ΡΠ°ΡΠΊ, ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊ |
| -ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°/-Π΅ΡΠΊΠ° | Π²Π°Π·ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°, ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ°, Π’Π°Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠ° |
| -Π΅Π½ΡΠΊ-/-ΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊ- | ΠΌΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Π»ΠΈΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊΠ° |
Π€ΡΠ½ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ: Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ (ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠΊ), ΡΠΌΡΠ³ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠ±Ρ (ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ?), ΡΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ½Π°Ρ Π²Π΅ΠΆΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡ (ΡΠ΅ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊ Π½ΡΠΆΠ΅Π½?), ΠΈΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΡ (Π½Ρ ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊ!). ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π±ΠΎΡ Π·Π²ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ»Π°ΡΠ°Π²ΠΎ.
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesDiminutive in every noun
Dose diminutives; neutral register exists
Suffix mismatched to stem
βΠΈΠΊ after hard stems, -Π΅ΡΠΊΠ° after ΠΊ-stems
ΠΠΎΡΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΡ - ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΉΠΊΡ Π½Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΡ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅ Π²ΡΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌ.
Let's sit down before the journey - and have a little tea for the road too.
Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ° + ΡΠ°ΡΠΊ: ritual diminutives of departure.
ΠΠ°ΠΌ ΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊ Π½ΡΠΆΠ΅Π½? - ΠΠ΅Ρ, ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΊ, ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»ΡΠΉΡΡΠ°.
Do you need a little bag? - No, just the receipt, please.
ΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊ: service diminutive at the till.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in B1 course exercises