Gramatika pa inglish
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| − | Thus, if the word ends in a consonant, the last syllable is stressed: | + | Thus, if the word ends in a consonant, the last syllable is stressed: kalAm – pencil, sabAh – morning |
| − | + | If the word ends in a vowel, the syllable before the last one is stressed: mAta – mother, kitAba – book, famIlia – family | |
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| − | + | The "y" itself is never stressed, it can affect the stress position though: dEy – day, ruchEy – brook | |
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| − | The "y" itself is never stressed, it can affect the stress position though: | + | |
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| − | dEy – day, | + | |
| − | ruchEy – brook | + | |
If there are 2 vowels in the syllablem one should remember that "u" and "i" in combinations (au, eu, ai, ei, oi) are not stressed, and "o" is | If there are 2 vowels in the syllablem one should remember that "u" and "i" in combinations (au, eu, ai, ei, oi) are not stressed, and "o" is | ||
| − | not stressed in "ao": | + | not stressed in "ao": dao – way, |
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| − | dao – way, | + | |
auto – car, | auto – car, | ||
euro – euro, | euro – euro, | ||
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Endings -'''ik'''- and -'''ul'''- in simple (not compound) nouns and adjectives are not stressed: | Endings -'''ik'''- and -'''ul'''- in simple (not compound) nouns and adjectives are not stressed: | ||
| − | gramAtika – grammar, pUblika – audience, Afrika – Africa, polItike – politic, lOgike – logic | + | gramAtika – grammar, pUblika – audience, Afrika – Africa, polItike – politic, lOgike – logic, |
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stImula – stimulus, fAbula – fairy-tale, fOrmula – formule | stImula – stimulus, fAbula – fairy-tale, fOrmula – formule | ||
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| − | In some special cases the non-standard stress is indicated by doubled vowel: | + | In some special cases the non-standard stress is indicated by doubled vowel: adyoo – bye, namastee – hello, how do you do |
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| − | adyoo – bye, namastee – hello, how do you do | + | |
