@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 4 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square359fedilinkarrow-up11.46Karrow-down141
arrow-up11.42Karrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.world@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square359fedilink
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@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoI know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•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.
Das Mädchen (girl, neutral)
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.
I know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.
Also, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot).
Yeah. I have no clue why it’s the #standard word" but yes.