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[Facts] Re: Russian diminutives for Luna
by
jennifer
8/4/2013, 11:10 AM
in reply to
a message by Rene
It's hard to shorten
Luna
. But the diminutive endings I mentioned are like -ette in French or -ita in Spanish. They're not like
Tanja
is short for
Tatjana
. Even if the name isn't shorter, there's some apparent affection because the form is used.
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