Diminutives Help me please
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What is the correct diminutive usage for the following words?
canción
avión
puerta
Diminutives emphasize size or shades of meaning like affection and amazement. Are formed by adding a suffix to the root of nouns, adjectives (which agree in number and gender.
The most common diminutive suffixes:
ito/ita illo/illa cito/cita cillo/cilla ecito/ecita ecillo/ecilla1.1.
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updated Jan 21, 2011
posted by jmudukes
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
cancioncita
avioncito
puertita
updated Jan 21, 2011
edited by culé
posted by culé
I'm taking an online activity for my spanish class. it says that that cancióncita avióncito are not correct. - jmudukes, Jan 21, 2011
Maybe trying without accent? - culé, Jan 21, 2011
Right. Take the accent off. The "illo" suffix also works, although it sounds very peculiar for puerta. :-) - Gekkosan, Jan 21, 2011
