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Diminutive

Grammar Notes

Diminutives are words to show something is smaller, cuter or more pitiable than than their parent word. There are three common ways of creating diminutives in Hebrew:

  • Duplicating the final two consonants in words with a 3-consonant lemma or root;

    • Ex: (small) -> (tiny)

  • Adding - to the word and making its gender feminine;

    • Ex: (hotel, masculine) -> (hostel or motel, feminine)

  • Or adding - to the word and making its gender masculine.

    • Ex: (boy, masculine) -> (little boy, masculine)

Lessons

Lesson 1:Duplication

  • – puppy (m)
  • – reddish
  • – piglet, little pig (m)
  • – tiny, very little
  • – bluish
  • – greenish
  • – kitten, little cat (m)

Lesson 2:-

  • – drinking straw (f)
  • – motel (f)
  • – handle (f)
  • – bag (f)
  • – saucer (f)
  • – firefly (f)

Lesson 3:-

  • – little boy (m)
  • – little girl (f)
  • – baby elephant (m)
  • – booklet (m)
  • – towelette (m)
  • – calculator (m)
  • – teddy bear (m)
📖 Story: The puppy and the kitten 7 sentences · 3 questions

The puppy and the kitten

  1. Noa has a puppy and a kitten.
  2. The puppy is reddish, and the kitten is tiny.
  3. In the morning the kitten drinks milk from a saucer.
  4. The puppy drinks water with a straw!
  5. In the evening they sleep on Noa's teddy bear.
  6. Noa says: "That's my teddy bear!"
  7. So Mom buys them a tiny teddy bear.

Questions

What colour is the puppy?

How does the puppy drink water?

What does Mom buy?

Practice

The rule

Two ways to make something small: repeat the last two letters ( → ), or add −ון / −ית ( → , → ).

→ puppy → kitten
→ tiny → greenish
→ teddy bear → calculator

Each sentence shows the rule. Listen, say it after the voice, then tap the grey bar for the meaning and a note on the rule. The pattern quiz blanks out the key form.

Sentences

  • – I have a little puppy · כלב → כלבלב
  • – The kitten is sleeping · חתול → חתלתול
  • – The girl loves the teddy bear · דוב → דובון
  • – Give me a bag, please · שק → שקית
  • – He is tiny · קטן → קטנטן
  • – The color is greenish · ירוק → ירקרק
  • – I need a calculator · מחשב → מחשבון
  • – I drink with a straw · קש → קשית

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