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Kućica or kućerina? How Serbian turns a noun into a mood

Serbian can take almost any noun and shrink it into something affectionate or blow it up into something awesome, ridiculous or alarming - with a suffix, not an adjective. Once you notice the pattern, you start hearing warmth and exaggeration in places a dictionary translation quietly erases.

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