Verkleinwoorde - Diminutives

Question 1

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a short vowel and ends on k,p,g or s?

Answer 1

Double the consonant

Add ie

Question 2

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has double vowels and ends on a single consonant?

Answer 2

Drop one vowel

Add ie

Question 3

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has double vowels and ends on a consonant?

Answer 3

Add ie

Question 4

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on a double consonant?

Answer 4

Add ie

Question 5

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a short vowel and ends on an b,l,m,n or r?

Answer 5

Double the consonant

Add etjie

Question 6

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a long vowel and ends in n?

Answer 6

Add tjie

Question 7

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double vowel and ends on l?

Answer 7

Add tjie

Question 8

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has two syllables and ends on l?

Answer 8

Add tjie

Question 9

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a long vowel and ends on m?

Answer 9

Add pie

Question 10

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double consonant and ends on m?

Answer 10

Add pie

Question 11

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double vowel and ends on r?

Answer 11

Add tjie

Question 12

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has more than two syllables and ends on r?

Answer 12

Add tjie

Question 13

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on t or d?

Answer 13

Add jie

Question 14

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it is one syllable and ends on ng?

Answer 14

Add etjie

Question 15

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has more than one syllable and ends on ing?

Answer 15

Drop the g

Add kie

Question 16

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on ie or y?

Answer 16

Add tjie

Question 17

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on a vowel or an emphasised a?

Answer 17

Add ‘tjie

Question 18

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and ends on an unemphasised a?

Answer 18

Add tjie

Question 19

What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it is a plural?

Answer 19

Change the word back to singular form
Follow the diminutive rule
Add an s

Question 20

How do you change blad into a diminutive?

Answer 20

Blaadjie

Question 21

How do you change gat into a diminutive?

Answer 21

Gaatjie

Question 22

How do you change nooi into a diminutive?

Answer 22

Nooientjie

Question 23

How do you change pad into a diminutive?

Answer 23

Paadjie

Question 24

How do you change spel into a diminutive?

Answer 24

Speletjie

Question 25

How do you change vat into a diminutive?

Answer 25

Vaatjie

Question 26

How do you change wa into a diminutive?

Answer 26

Waentjie

Question 27

What happens when you have to change it into a diminutive and it ends on a double vowel?

Answer 27

Add tjie