Technically, I pronounce “research” the exact same way as a noun and a verb: with the stress on the prefix “re-,” as does everybody else. That word is an exception.
The idea that there is only one stressed syllable in every English word has challenged me since my youth. Still, thanks for the refresher. I had forgotten the noun/verb dichotomy. It has been three decades since I looked at this rule of grammar.
A teacher of mine who speaks Portuguese taught me a method he learned to identify the stressed syllable within words in Portuguese that he also uses to identify the stressed syllable within words in English. You can make believe that you are calling or shouting a word like it's a person's name that is really far from you like across the street. When you do that, you can notice there's a syllable that takes the longest to be pronounced. For exemple , the name Jennifer. If Jennifer were across the street and then I scream or shout out loud her name to get her attention JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEnnifer , the first syllable woud take the longest to be said. Other examples: EEEEEEEEEEEMma RAAAAAAAAAAAAchel, JUUUUUUUUUUlie, A MAAAAAAAAAAAAAnda, JHOOOOOOOOOny, BRIIIIIIIIIIIIan trying this method with other words: DEEEEEEEEEEEEfinitely BUUUUUUUUUUUtter, MUUUUUUUUUUsic, sugGEEEEEEEEEEst aMAAAAAAAAAAAzing, UUUUUUUUUgly, aBOOOOOOOOOUt So the syllable that takes the longest to be pronounced it is the stressed one.
Hi Greg. Is there a video explaining the following words: all, whole, entire, complete, full? I'm asking, because I have realised that often I'm not sure whether to use entire or whole for example. Would be great if you could cover this topic one day 😀 Thx
Thanks, Greg, it's very useful but it is sensitive to know how many exceptions are. Otherwise, it's easier to remember how do each word pronounced. For example, the word "event" is a two-syllable noun but stress is on the second syllable. After the lesson, I hesitated about how to pronounce it, though before I used it very often :-)
Hi this was really a great lesson. Thank you! I have this question, If I want to say someone's first and last names, which name I should stress and say it louder!
I was pronouncing "hotel" wrong for like 10 years :D Until I learnt the stress is on the second syllable (not at first like the most of nouns and adjectives)...
Thanks alot to bring up useful to English learner. It's great. Seemingly 'Television is special word, right. I looked for in ductionary. That shows syllable stress is the first one Can you or some one help to confirm. Appricate for that
I don't think that the accent shifts in examples like green house and greenhouse. If anything, both green and house get a distinct accent, from ['greenhouse] to ['green 'house]. Happens the same in Spanish: from paraguas [pa'raguas] to ['para 'aguas], which has a completely different meaning than [para 'aguas], where only aguas has a stress. The 3rd p singular present simple form of verbs is used to from vb + noun compounds. VERY common in Spanish: tragaluz, portaviones, sacapuntas, parachoques, pararrayos, sacamuelas, matasuegras...
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A teacher of mine who speaks Portuguese taught me a method he learned to identify the stressed syllable within words in Portuguese that he also uses to identify the stressed syllable within words in English. You can make believe that you are calling or shouting a word like it's a person's name that is really far from you like across the street. When you do that, you can notice there's a syllable that takes the longest to be pronounced. For exemple , the name Jennifer. If Jennifer were across the street and then I scream or shout her name out loud to get her attention JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEnnifer , the first syllable woud take the longest to be said. Other examples: EEEEEEEEEEEMma RAAAAAAAAAAAAchel, JUUUUUUUUUUlie, A MAAAAAAAAAAAAAnda, JHOOOOOOOOOny, BRIIIIIIIIIIIIan trying this method with other words: DEEEEEEEEEEEEfinitely BUUUUUUUUUUUtter, MUUUUUUUUUUsic, sugGEEEEEEEEEEst aMAAAAAAAAAAAzing, UUUUUUUUUgly, aBOOOOOOOOOUt So the syllable that takes the longest to be pronounced it is the stressed one.
Excellent presentation of the rules of English word stress .Exceptions to the rules show that you are an exceptional native English teacher. Thanks a lot, dear Greg .
Thank you for your helpful lessons. I'm studding English and I have two questions I got confused about them. I would appreciate if you could help me about them. Q1 When ................. what color to pick you need to bear in mind.... 1- decided 2- deciding. 3- been decided. ------------------------ Q2 I think we ................ followed. Don't turn around. 1- are being. 2- are 3- were ------------------ Thank you in advance for your help.
@@Svensk7119 Are You serious? Sorry for my question. Here You are: Harry Edward Kane MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team. Wikipedia.
@@sonagaladova4618 Ah. Si yo fue en serio. I hope I said that right. I am too old to be a sports fan, and I'm an American to boot😉. Maybe the old part doesn't apply... but I don't pay attention to soccer, fútbol del mundo. Perdón. Necesito practicar con escribiendo (¿escrito?) En Español. Ibhope you willbforgive me if you do not speak Spanish, but another tongue.
I like this lesson very much! it is impressive and very useful for me. 👍🏻 Sometimes I guess the right pronunciation, and sometimes not.. 🤷🏻♀️ And what about "improvement" ? I would say on "PRO" is that right? Anyway you’re great Greg!! 🤩
The -ise bit illustrates my first point. Organize. All three of those are neutral to me. The first might just barely be emphasized. Basically, it is by default, but it doesn't seem stressed. If I think about it, you seem right. When you said afternoon and understand, you gave an accenting to the first syllable in each. Af-ter-NOON...
What about stress shift? E.g.:I underSTAND that. (Bold letters indicating word stress) Versus: I UNDERStand THAT. That contradicts your statement “we never stress under-“ By the way,very interesting video you made.
