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Diminutivos

Diminutivos

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Diminutivos

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Los Diminutivos

  • The Spanish diminutive form is used in order to express size, affection, youth or disdain. To create the diminutive form add the suffix -ito/ita,-ico/ica, -illo/illa, -ín/ina at the end of the word.

  • Some words, even though they end in "illo" or "illa" are not diminutives

  • Example: Ladrillo (Brick) Silla (Chair)

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Multiple Choice

Some words, even thought they end with -illo or -illa, are NOT diminutives.

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Verdadero

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Falso

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Multiple Select

¿Cuáles de estas palabras NO son diminutivos? (2 correct answers)

1

Ladrillo

2

Casita

3

Silla

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Palillo

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Multiple Choice

Los diminutivos son palabras que .... (What is a diminutive?)

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indican un tamaño grande.

2

indican un tamaño pequeño.

3

indican un tamaño muy grande.

4

indican un tamaño enorme.

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Ejemplos ending in "ito" or "illo":

  • Add to most nouns

  • Hermano -> Hermanito

  • Papel -> Papelito or Papelillo

  • Palo -> Palito or Palillo

  • Casa -> Casita

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Multiple Select

Which words are "diminutivos"? (2 correct answers)

1

la Hermana

2

el Papelillo

3

el Perro

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el Palillo

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Multiple Choice

The '"diminutivo" of "mamá" is:

1

el papito

2

la mamita

3

la hermanita

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Multiple Choice

The "diminutivo" of "pájaro" is:

1

la Pajarita

2

el Pajarito

3

el Pajarín

4

el Pajarraco

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Multiple Choice

The "diminutive" of "la casa" is:

1

Casita

2

Casota

3

Caserón

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Ejemplos ending in "cito (a)" or "cillo(a)"

(add to most nouns of more than 1 syllable ending with "N, R, E")


Pintor -> Pintorcito

Jamon -> Jamoncito

Hombre -> Hombrecito

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Multiple Choice

The "diminutivo" of "actor" is:

1

Actriz

2

Actores

3

Actorcito

4

Actorsote

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Multiple Choice

The "diminutivo" of "corazón" is:

1

corazónes

2

corazóncito

3

corazón

4

corazónsote

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Multiple Choice

The "diminutivo" of "minuto" is"

1

Minutos

2

Minutito

3

Minutote

4

Minutoz

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Ejemplos with -ecito (a) or ecillo(a)

  • add to 1 syllable words ending with a consonant

  • flor -> florecita

  • pan -> panecillo

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Multiple Choice

What is the "diminutivo" of flor

1

las flores

2

la flora

3

la florecita

4

la florecito

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Multiple Choice

What is the "diminutivo" of "el pan":

1

El panecillo

2

El pan

3

Los panes

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El pansote

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Multiple Select

Which of these make a word into a diminutive? (2 correct answers)

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-ito, -ita

2

-ón, -ona

3

-illo, -illa

4

-s, -es

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-azo, -aza

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