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Main Entry:1coucher Pronunciation:kuʃe Usage:French word transitive verb 1 : to put up, to provide a bed for 2 : to put to bed 3 : to lay down flat, to flatten 4 : to put in writing intransitive verb 1 : to sleep, to spend the night 2 coucher avec : to sleep...

CalifJim wrote:I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other. CJ Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the spelling, only the location of the stress. I meant that I've heard both /'fai naens/ and /fi 'naens/ used for the verb and noun forms, as...

I hate to tell you this, but in the U.S. I've heard it pronounced both ways for both the verb and noun forms. I think it might be somewhat of a regional difference.

Noun: /'fai naens/Verb: /fai 'naens/

Modal verb: I have to study Grammar all the time. Present perfect: I have been in Dalat for twenty years. She has been.......... Present perfect continuous: I have been eating She has been eating. Causative: I have my car serviced If -clause; If I have time, I'll go with you ...

You're in the right place! It's not a regional thing. The pronunciation of the pluralizing "s" is standard throughout the English-speaking world. The sound of the "s", as you point out, can be a true "s" sound or a "z" sound. And the only thing you need to know is which sound...

Jake, No, I don't know of a website that deals with this topic, but maybe through Google you could find one. Try keywords like English stress pronunciation. I believe that some bilingual dictionaries give a few tips on stress placement in the pages near the beginning of the dictionary. ...

From merriam-webster. Noun for house = 'haus plural: 'hau-z&z also -s&z/ Verb for house = 'hauz Yeah, both are acceptable. I don't know. When I think about it my pronunciation for (n)houses falls somewhere in between 'z' and 's'. It's different from how I would pronounce the...

i've recently encountered an interesting quandary that has been driving me up the wall ever since i started trying to solve it. the word "cowardly": what is it? all the dictionaries say it is an adjective AND an adverb, but all evidence points to only adjective. A few examples: to...

Thank goodness -- an easy question to answer! to use something /yooz/ (verb) , i.e., to make use of something /yooss/ (noun) 1. Can I use your phone? /yooz/ 2. This thing is used for killing people. /yoozd/ 3. This thing is used to kill people. ...