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?
Double the consonant
Add ie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has double vowels and ends on a single consonant?
Drop one vowel
Add ie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has double vowels and ends on a consonant?
Add ie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on a double consonant?
Add ie
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?
Double the consonant
Add etjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a long vowel and ends in n?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double vowel and ends on l?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has two syllables and ends on l?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a long vowel and ends on m?
Add pie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double consonant and ends on m?
Add pie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has a double vowel and ends on r?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has more than two syllables and ends on r?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on t or d?
Add jie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it is one syllable and ends on ng?
Add etjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it has more than one syllable and ends on ing?
Drop the g
Add kie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on ie or y?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it ends on a vowel or an emphasised a?
Add ‘tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and ends on an unemphasised a?
Add tjie
What happens when you have to change it to a diminutive and it is a plural?
Change the word back to singular form
Follow the diminutive rule
Add an s
How do you change blad into a diminutive?
Blaadjie
How do you change gat into a diminutive?
Gaatjie
How do you change nooi into a diminutive?
Nooientjie
How do you change pad into a diminutive?
Paadjie
How do you change spel into a diminutive?
Speletjie
How do you change vat into a diminutive?
Vaatjie
How do you change wa into a diminutive?
Waentjie
What happens when you have to change it into a diminutive and it ends on a double vowel?
Add tjie
