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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 85 Small and Cute: Diminuves 471 / 600

and only a limited number of verbs have diminutives:

gristi (grize, grizao, grizla) bite → grickati nibble

lupati knock, bang → lupkati tap

Some diminutive verbs are derived with -uc- or -ut-:

kašljati (kašlje) cough → kašljucati cough lightly

skakati (skače) jump → skakutati (skakuće) hop, bounce

For example, we would use the verb grickati nibble when someone eats a cracker or

biscuit by small bites, especially children.

So, diminutives are largely irregular, but they are similar enough to the original word

so that you can recognize their meaning quickly, even if you’re not familiar with the

diminutive word.

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® Instead of žlica and žličica, words kašika and kašičica are used in Serbia and most

of Bosnia.

Instead of vreća and vrećica, kesa and kesica are used in Serbia and most of Bosnia,

but the non-diminutive kesa is used for shopping bag.

Besides komad and komadić, words parče (parčet-) and parčence are used in

Serbia and parts of Bosnia.

Hypocorisms like Pero and Tomo have forms ending in -a (Pera, Toma...) in Serbia,

except in the southwest of Serbia.

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