{"id":13738,"date":"2021-01-26T04:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T04:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2021-01-26T04:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T04:41:39","slug":"russian-diminutives-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-diminutives-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Diminutives Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDiminutives\u201d is one of the coolest aspects of Russian, but you know what\u2019s even cooler? Finding an old <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/love-me-russian-or-a-little-something-about-the-diminutive-part-i-introduction\/\">Part I blog<\/a> on this channel <em>about<\/em> diminutives and realizing that there isn\u2019t a Part II in the archives. Your insightful comments on that blog (and really all the blogs here) are so contagiously curious about the Russian language that I just can\u2019t resist sharing all that was said about diminutives and giving you the promised part II.<\/p>\n<p>First, how do we know which suffix to use with what word? Because as cute as diminutives are, these suffixes do not pair up with nouns haphazardly. \u00a0In other words, you can\u2019t just take the word \u201c<strong>\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430<\/strong>\u201d (mom) and add a random suffix to it. Sure, it might work with quite a few, as in:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u043c\u0430\u0301\u0442<strong>\u0443\u0448\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c<strong>\u043e\u0447\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c<strong>\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0301\u043b<\/strong>\u044f, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0301<\/strong><strong>\u043b<\/strong>\u044c, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0301<\/strong><strong>\u0441<\/strong>\u044f, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0301<\/strong><strong>\u0441\u0435\u0447\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0301<\/strong><strong>\u043b\u0435\u0447\u043a<\/strong>\u0430<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But not with these: <em>\u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u0443\u0440\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u043c<strong>\u044b\u0448\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c<strong>\u043e\u043d\u044c\u043a<\/strong>\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c<strong>\u0438\u043a<\/strong>, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c<strong>\u0447\u0438\u043a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13748\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13748\" class=\"wp-image-13748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/hen-and-chick-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"hen and chick\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/hen-and-chick-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/hen-and-chick.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/rubyclement-2832011\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2379722\">rubyclement<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2379722\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And yes, an average native Russian speaker would probably tell you that the process is intuitive. Nevertheless, there are a few ground rules concerning noun gender and suffixes.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Masculine Nouns<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>-\u0435\u0446 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0411\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0442 \u2013 \u0431\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0442\u0435\u0446 [brother]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-\u0447\u0438\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0301\u043d \u2013 \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a [pancake]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0437\u0430\u0301\u044f\u0446\u2013 \u0437\u0430\u0301\u0439\u0447\u0438\u043a [hare]<\/li>\n<li>\u0441\u0443\u0301\u043f \u2013 \u0441\u0443\u0301\u043f\u0447\u0438\u043a [soup]<\/li>\n<li>\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0301\u0447 \u2013 \u043a\u043b\u044e\u0301\u0447\u0438\u043a [key]<\/li>\n<li>\u0448\u043a\u0430\u0301\u0444 \u2013 \u0448\u043a\u0430\u0301\u0444\u0447\u0438\u043a [closet]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_13741\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13741\" class=\"wp-image-13741 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/magnifying-glass-350x261.jpg\" alt=\"magnifying_glass\" width=\"350\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/magnifying-glass-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/magnifying-glass.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/anderele-268389\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=479742\">Ander Unibaso Villaverde<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=479742\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">\u043e\u043a, -\u0435\u043a, -\u0451\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0433 \u2013 \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0436\u043e\u0301\u043a [circle]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0433 (or \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0433) \u2013 \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043e\u0301\u043a [cottage cheese]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u044f\u0301\u0449\u0438\u043a \u2013 \u044f\u0301\u0449\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043a [drawer]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0440\u0443\u0447\u0435\u0301\u0439 \u2013 \u0440\u0443\u0447\u0435<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u043a [stream]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043a \u2013 \u043d\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043a [sock]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">-\u0438\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0442 \u2013 \u043a\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043a [cat]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043c\u044f\u0301\u0447 \u2013 \u043c\u044f\u0301\u0447\u0438\u043a [ball]<\/li>\n<li>\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0441 \u2013 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043a [dog]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">-\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043a, -\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043a, &#8211; \u0451\u0447\u0438\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043e\u0301\u043a \u2013 \u043c\u0435\u0448\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043a [bag]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0437 \u2013 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043a [eye]<\/li>\n<li>\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043a \u2013 \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043a [flower]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_13739\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13739\" class=\"wp-image-13739 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/miniature_car-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"miniature_car\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/miniature_car-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/miniature_car.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/pexels-2286921\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1283014\">Pexels<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1283014\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Feminine Nouns<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>-\u0438\u0446<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0431\u0443\u0301\u043a\u0432\u0430 \u2013 \u0431\u0443\u0301\u043a\u0432\u0438\u0446\u0430 [letter]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">-\u0438\u0447\u043a<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0433\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u2013 \u0433\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0430 [caterpillar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">-\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0301 \u2013 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0432\u043a\u0430 [grass]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\"><strong>-\u043e\u0447\u043a, -\u0435\u0447\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u0431\u0430\u0301\u043d\u043a\u0430 \u2013 \u0431\u0430\u0301\u043d\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 [jar]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0430 \u2013 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0436\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0430 [book]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Neuter Nouns<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>-\u0435\u0446<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0301 \u2013 \u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0435\u0446\u043e\u0301 [letter]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0301\u2013 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0448\u043a\u043e [window]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">\u2013\u044b\u0448\u043a <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u043f\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0301 \u2013 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0448\u043a\u043e [feather]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s follow up on some of the comments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13790\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13790\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13790\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Yelene_comment.png\" alt=\"comment_by_Yelena\" width=\"681\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Yelene_comment.png 681w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Yelene_comment-350x111.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by author<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>1. The more the merrier:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Yelena makes such a valid point that suffixes for diminutives can be piled up on each other: <strong>\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0430 \u2013 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0436\u043a\u0430 &#8211; \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0436\u043e\u0301\u043d\u043a\u0430 \u2013 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0436\u043e\u0301\u043d\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 <\/strong>(book). Notice the difference in the connotations among the four words, which brings me to the next comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13791\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13791\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13791\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Minority_comment.png\" alt=\"comment_by_Minority\" width=\"625\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Minority_comment.png 625w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Minority_comment-350x273.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by author<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>2. Diminutives can be bullies, too<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As Minority points out, diminutives can be sarcastic. <strong>\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0301\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0430<\/strong> is more about Ebenezer Scrooge than a friendly old neighbor. Pay attention to the speaker\u2019s intonation and contextual clues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13792\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13792\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13792\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/David_comment.png\" alt=\"comment_by_David\" width=\"670\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/David_comment.png 670w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/David_comment-350x61.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by author<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>3. Are they translatable?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>David, \u201cbookie\u201d is a great example of a Russian speaker\u2019s attempt at bending English suffixes to the rules of Russian diminutives. They are not too far off. \u201cHubby\u201d and \u201cwifey\u201d are common terms of endearment in English. Likewise, the word \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=sciency\">sciency<\/a>\u201d is a close contestant to giving a word that \u201cscaled-down\u201d quality.<\/p>\n<p>There are cases in English when suffixes have diminutive qualities, like:<\/p>\n<p>Drop &#8211; droplet<\/p>\n<p>Kid &#8211; kiddo<\/p>\n<p>Bit &#8211; bitsy (as in itsy-bitsy spider)<\/p>\n<p>Small &#8211; smallish<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t mean that the rules are transferrable. A Russian talking about \u201c<strong>\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u044f\u0301\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0438, \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u043a\u0438<\/strong>\u201d won\u2019t be able to add \u201cy\u201d or \u201cie\u201d to the English words such as \u201cflower, berries, and leaves\u201d. Instead, they might resort to adding adjectives, metaphors, and contextual clues to indicate the cuteness of the said flora. That sense of smallness or intimacy has to be conveyed through other language tools.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13793\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13793\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly.png\" alt=\"comment_by_Charly\" width=\"630\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly.png 630w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly-350x208.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by author<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>4. The tip of the iceberg<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Charly is absolutely right \u2013 language does not exist in a bubble and understanding the people behind it is often the key to solving those paradoxes.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few more fascinating things about Russian diminutives (though other languages have them too) and the stuff is truly worthy of linguaphiles and philologists. \u00a0First, is that diminutives often become more popular than the original word, therefore making the OG form a thing of the etymological dictionaries. <a href=\"https:\/\/lexicography.online\/etymology\/%D1%81\/%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5#:~:text=%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%20%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B%2C%20%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82,%D0%90.\">For example, the Russian word for \u201csun\u201d is <strong>\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435<\/strong> which was the diminutive of \u201c<strong>\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043b\u043d\u044c<\/strong>\u201d<\/a>. The &#8220;new&#8221; diminutive is <strong>\u0441\u043e\u0301\u043b\u043d\u044b\u0448\u043a\u043e<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In other instances, the derived diminutive takes on a meaning different from the original, therefore becoming its own thing:\u00a0 <strong>\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0301 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0301\u0446\u0430 <\/strong>(tree bark &#8211; cinnamon); <strong>\u043e\u0301\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0435\u0301\u0446<\/strong> (image &#8211; example). <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.rsuh.ru\/binary\/object_34.1521801225.0892.pdf\">This case study<\/a> makes a thrilling bedtime read about diminutives if you wish to continue geeking out about this grammar topic with me. Also, Charly, I\u2019ve read that Ukrainian has diminutives for the verbs too! Now, I would read about <em>that!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy learning about the diminutives? Find out more in my next blog about how to use diminutives with names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly-350x208.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"comment_by_Charly\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly-350x208.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Charly.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u201cDiminutives\u201d is one of the coolest aspects of Russian, but you know what\u2019s even cooler? Finding an old Part I blog on this channel about diminutives and realizing that there isn\u2019t a Part II in the archives. 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