Diminutives in Russian: Diminutive Nouns and How They Are Used

[@mr.clutch9548]

Thank you for uploading your videos! They’ve have been very helpful!

[@pashakovalenko690]

@@mr.clutch9548 thank you for your kind words!

[@mr.clutch9548]

@ thank you for improving my Russian!

[@pirangeloferretti3588]

In Italian we have many diminutives too. Also augmentatives and pejoratives too! 😁

[@Say_It_In_Russian]

Great video!

[@pashakovalenko690]

@@Say_It_In_Russian thank you 🙏

[@victoriayonahhall3524]

Portuguese is also full of cute diminutives; -inho, zinho etc

[@pashakovalenko690]

@@victoriayonahhall3524 Will they also ally to personal names?

[@NormanRiepke]

Same thing in Polish

[@Dennis_LearnGeek]

There is a similar thing in German, but there are only two possible suffixes/endings. For example : son means "Sohn", diminutive forms are "Söhnchen", "Söhnlein". And that's it 😅 no other possibilities. Russian is unpredictable in this way...

[@pashakovalenko690]

@@Dennis_LearnGeek but it’s great that German has it at all! As a Russian speaker, I couldn’t imagine speaking a language without diminutives. Will the same diminutive suffixes apply to names?

[@Dennis_LearnGeek]

@pashakovalenko690 Yes, eg Paulchen would be "little Paul". It's not used for names in everyday life though, just for fun, or more often in fairy tales.