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Lesson of the Week: Spanish Diminutives

From the Carnavalito Grammar Chapter

Diminutives - Making it Smaller

If you listen to Spanish enough, you’ll notice that little endings are often
added to words. These little endings are used to indicate that something is “little”, or somehow “LESS” of whatever the word is. These endings end in O or A depending on the original word’s ending. You'll also hear "ecito" or "ecita" (A general rule is that words ending in a consonant or "e" become "ECITO" or "ECITA").

payaso clown	= payasito little clown
beso kiss	= besito little kiss
chica small (feminine)	= chiquita very small (feminine)
niña girl	= niñita little girl

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Practice saying the below words out load - remember correct pronunciation! (if you've forgotten the rules of natural stress, look here)

Worksheet/Activity: Spanish Diminutives

Quiz: Diminutives

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Travel Phrases of the Week:

Comer en un restaurante: Eating Out

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Travel Spot of the Week

Guanajuato, Mexico

Guanajuato is one of a quintet of old Silver Mining cities, which includes Guanajuato and San Miguel, Zacatecas, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi. Guanajuato has colorful colonial architecture as well as the famous "museum of mummies." For more info on the city, click the above link, for more on the mummies, click here.

Spanish Learning Tool of the Week

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