Practical Spanish - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...pollita, a big dog a large book it is a big cat she has grown quite a young lady DIMINUTIVES. 1. Their Endings.--The general diminutive endings are:-ito,-ico,-illo,-uelo-cito,-cico,-cilio,-zuelo-ecito,-ecico,-ecillo,-ezuelo-cecito,-cecico,-cecillo,-cezuelo Occasional endings are:-ejo,-ijo,-in,-ete,-ezno,-ucho Remark.--Diminutives are inflected as to the gender and number. 2. How They Are Subjoined.--They are immediately subjoined to the word when this ends in a consonant or in-y; otherwise, they replace the last vowel of the word: animal, animalito, casa, casita cajón, cajoncito, paseo, paseito flor, florecita, mano, manecita buey, bueyecito, cordera, corderuela voz, vocecita, rey, reyezuelo 3. Alterations Of The Stbm Before Recisiving The Endings: (a) regular euphonic changes:--final C, g, gu and z, before receiving the diminutive ending become respectively qu, gu, gü, and c: frac, fraquecito, dress coat agua, agüita, water barca, barquito, little boat yegua, yeglíecita, liltle mare fuego, fueguecito, smallfire voz, vocecita, small, aoft voice N.B.: nariz, nariguilla, dear little nose (b) other changes: diphthongs-ie,-ue, become sometimes-e,-o; endings-ia,-io drop the whole diphthong: bueno, bonito, preüy; but buenito, very good diente, dentezuelo, little tooth bestia, bestezuela, small beast Remare.--Words ending in a single accented vowel retain this vowel; those in the diphthong-io (not ío) lose the diphthong: mamá, mamaíta armario, armarito tío, tifto papá, papaíto rosario, rosarito tía, tiíta pié, piececito 4. Diminutive Endings Which Are Commonly Applied To Certain Words:-cecito,-cecico,-cecillo,-cezuelo, to monosyllables ending in a vowel: pié, piececito,...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230160108
- ISBN 13 9781230160108
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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