when using diminutive nouns how do you know ending to use
diminutive nouns

carmine
April 24, 2009

Maria-DiLorenzi
May 6, 2009
Hi there,
as a general rule you can remember to use
-ino (masculine) and
-ina (feminine)
when referring to people.
Otherwise you would use
-etto (masculine) and
-etta (feminine)
Let me know if you have further questions.