yes, there is a difference. ˈdɑːk jə mənt (n) ˈdɑːk jə ˌment (v) Notice the pronunciation of -ment when it is a verb. Interesting, because that difference is present in several other words... Or is supposed to be present. And I'm glad

The noun, in the first sentence, has the accent on the first syllable. PRAW-gress. (American pronunciation) The verb, in the second sentence, has the accent on the second syllable. pruh-GRESS. (Also American) Did you mean pronunciation, or

Anonymous wrote: Ok, I see you didn't get it. I will repeat it again. Accents and intonation aren't the same things. You can emphasize something without speaking a perfect accent, let's say American one. Just rise a pitch of your voice at the

Hi Yuki, thank you for your opinion. L.Yuki wrote: Hmm I normally heard people say how are you as well. Though, my native American friend told me it doesn't really matter how you stress it. Just depends on the situation, you can even stress

Lesson 1: Basic Pronunciation The following will make you sound Southern to non-Southerners: Pin pen merger: Pronounce "pin" and "pen" both as pin . Any /E/ followed by an /n/ should be sounded as /In/ No yod dropping: therefore " No

This is really badly off topic but I couldn't resist the temptation to comment on your correct observation. I understand very well that native speakers of English mispronounce foreign words because foreign languages are not studied much in

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Chris Waigl a =E9crit : The one on "v=F4tre" was entirely unneccessary. One might say erroneous. It would have been, if indeed it had been on "votre". As it was actually on "la v=F4tre", it was entirely necessary,

English people DO have trouble with Greek accents. One interesting problem is the difference in intonation. In Greek, a sentence will always end with the voice rising in tone if it is a question. In English this is not always so. In fact if you

Being a Korean-Chinese (More Korean Blood), I find Chinese rather easy in a way, yet very difficult in the other. It's easy to learn for its simple structure. Chinese does not have a past tense - present tense - future tense law. For example: