Master the American Accent! The Three Types of Syllable Stress in American English

[@haruyo5543]

Hello from Japan. I was struggling with Amrican English pronunciation because we don't have stress but pitch. Your video really helped me. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Awesome, Haruyo! I'm so glad that this video helped you with syllable stress in English! Thanks so much for your comment :)

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Muhammad - Thanks for your comment! I'm so glad the video was helpful! :)

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Bonjour, j’ai vraiment apprécié votre vidéo. Elle est très enrichissante parce que vous nous avez expliqué clairement l’accentuation des syllable en nous démontrant clairement que la langue anglaise est une langue rythmée par des exemples concrets. C’est la première fois que je comprends vraiment l’accentuation des syllabes. On parle souvent de l’accent primaire ou principal, mais pas des autres syllabes et c’est vraiment important pour comprendre le rythme. Vous êtes une vraie professionnelle. Merci beaucoup! 🇨🇦Linda

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Bonjour Linda ! Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire. Je suis tellement heureux que cette vidéo vous ait aidé à en apprendre davantage sur l'accentuation des syllabes en anglais. Merci encore! :) PS- I used Google Translate to translate my English into French, so I hope it was accurate!

[@jacobstc]

Have you noticed that, in general, for the citation pronunciation of a word, the pitch level of the syllables before the primary stress, if any (e.g. ab+so in absolutely), is above that of the syllables that appear after it (e.g. ly in absolutely).

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Jacob - Yes, this does indeed happen in the word "absolutely"! I can't say for sure why it happens in every word, but in "absolutely" it seems to occur because the syllables before the primary stress are earlier in the word (and "ab" has some secondary stress), so they are more likely to be at a higher pitch. The final syllable (which is directly after the primary stress) is at the end of the word, which is likely to be said at a lower pitch.

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Hello all, Thanks dear accent coach for your way of addressing this subject. I’m getting to feel confident in my English learning now because I always thought I understood this part of the English language meanwhile I never did.

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Hi Negot - Thank you for your comment! It made my day! :)

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@negotseraphin, I was born and raised in the United States, and this video helped _me!_ 😊 Don't give up. English is difficult, and a lot of Americans don't care to learn about speech or grammar. 😮

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HI Fardeen - Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment :)

[@jamotlumbanraja644]

I am a teacher for indonesian students.Your explanation make me realize that stress is very important in teaching english .

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Jamot - Yes, definitely! Stress is very important to English pronunciation :) I'm glad my video was helpful!

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Afroja - Thank you! I'm glad you like my channel! I'm not sure if you're interested, but I offer a weekly, live English class called Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). The Club is very affordable, and I can listen to your pronunciation and give you immediate feedback! I hope to see you at the next meeting :)

[@ramzy-6566]

Great, Great video, very useful video, I hope more video about Types of Syllable Stress. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thank you! I made this video based on your suggestion about the word "absolutely" :)

[@ramzy-6566]

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[@DeepaRam]

Great explanation

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks, @DeepaRam! I'm glad you liked this video! :)

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I'm an undergrad CSD student, and this was very helpful! Thank you!

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

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[@vincevilan3525]

Great video. I checked Lexico and this is what I have for /ˈɛstəˌmeɪt/. What you seem to have at 3:44 is /ˈɛstəˈmeɪt/. Can a word have two primary stresses? I also checked the Oxford English Dictionary and found /ˈɛstɪmeɪt/ and it had no secondary stress. Hoping you could clear up my confusion. Thank you. 😀

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Vince! Thank you so much for this question :) That was a typo on my end! I review my videos multiple times before I publish them to make sure I don't have any typos, but inevitably one slips past my eyes every now and then. Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I will try to update this video if I still have access to the raw footage. Your IPA transcription from Lexico is the one I was trying to use: /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪt/, with secondary stress on /meɪt/. I mistakenly used the primary stress symbol /ˈ/. To answer your question about primary stress: A word can only have one syllable with primary stress, but longer words may have one or more syllables with secondary stress. Thank you again for asking me about my IPA transcription for /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪt/. I understand how that would be confusing! (Ugh - typos!!)

[@vincevilan3525]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent, not a worry at all. Thank you for getting back to me. Truly appreciate it.

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[@ramzy-6566]

i know the word ( Moderna ) is Italian, but in american accent IPA is the pronunciation like this /ˈmɛdɝnə/ . and how many syllables and which syllable stressed. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks for your question! I would pronounce this word as /məˈdɝ.nə/ "muh - DER - nuh". Three syllables, and the middle syllable has the primary stress :)

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[@kabirali2878]

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thank you, Kabir! :)

[@negotseraphin5447]

However, the rhythm ( DA da DA- da da -DA/ da da Da)used confuses me a little bit because as I see the second and third lines have the same formula. Can someone give me some light please?

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

I apologize for this confusion! It's difficult to explain the answer in a comment, so I'd be happy to work with you during a live English class, if you're interested. You can learn more about my live classes here: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/bundles/english-pro I hope to see you there!

[@sanapathan2268]

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[@deepdatasoftware2553]

Hi, thank you so much for helping us in our path to improve our american accent. I am having a hard time knowing about when to use a schwa sound, for instance I'd like to know if speaking in general, all weak sylabes use the schaw sound, could this be sort of a rule? and in the other hand, besides IPA :), if there a way to find out which is the secondary stressed sylable in words with more than 3 sylabes or even with 2 sylables? , for instance in the word banana I understand it has the stressed sylable and two weak sylables with the schwa sound, so no secondary stressed sylable is found in it. I hope I could made myself clear with my question. I wish you the best and I'd like to say thanks so much again for your awesome job!.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Deep Data Software - Thanks so much for your comment and question! It's very challenging for me to provide you with an adequate answer in a comment. It would be much easier if I could answer your question in a real conversation. I'm not sure if you know, but I have a weekly, live English group class called Julie's Conversation Club (learn more about it here: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). It would be much more efficient if I answered your question during a live meeting! I hope to see you there :)

[@learningisfunwithhanane5454]

Interesting ,nice

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi! Thank you for your comment - I'm glad you liked the video! :)

[@ninavielorejo1833]

The symbol of primary stress is different from secondary, right? But how is it the same in the word “estimate” (verb) but you said the last syllable is secondary stress. Help, please! 😭

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Niña - Thanks so much for your question! The primary stress symbol /ˈ/ is indeed different from the secondary stress symbol /ˌ/, but I think in the video I have a typo! I'm so sorry for that confusion - I triple check my work before I publish it, but every once in a while, a mistake slips through. The IPA of "estimate" (verb) should be this: /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪt/ That is my mistake! I will try to re-edit this video so that the symbols are correct. :)

[@ninavielorejo1833]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I see. Thank you so much. That definitely cleared my confusion. 😅

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ninavielorejo1833 No problem :) Thanks for pointing out my mistake - I'm sure others have been confused as well and just didn't say anything 😳

[@ninavielorejo1833]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Didn’t mean to be very technical but this topic was brought up to me and I wasn’t sure how or what to respond. Your video helped me a lot to understand. Thank you so much!

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