stressed and unstressed syllables

[@Bailey-vw9hd]

I could not understand stressed and unstressed syllables when the teacher taught it, and was failing my test This video helped me understand, so thank you great explaining

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I am glad you found it helpful. I am hoping to do more pronunciation videos in the coming months.

[@sashashaikh6742]

This helped me alot, I'm having trouble with poetry scansion at the moment do thank you!!!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Good luck with the poetry. Thanks for watching.

[@jinangames556]

Hi Sasha! How are you? Where are you from?

[@Gowhar_Ahmad]

Me too

[@noobtheking2127]

Your welcome

[@bushrabibi8091]

@@TeacherDanFitz your teaching method is good 👍

[@vedantsridhar8378]

Literally we have poetry for literature lesson and we have to find the meter of the poem, and all the teacher said was the meter name depends on stressed and unstressed syllables. But I was like what is it and I started lagging behind the class. Now after watching this video I literally understand what it is, since you explained it so neatly, even with proper tone and pitch. Great job! This video really deserves more views and likes and teachers should use videos like this one to explain such things, instead of being so vague while explaining.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks. Please share the video with your teacher for future classes.

[@oscarwellings6331]

I was the same until this video.

[@caitlinb.331]

This was sooo helpful I’m doing iambic pentameter and Shakespearean sonnets and this was super difficult but I got it now 👍🏼

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I had no idea poets would use find this helpful. I use this video for my English as a second language pronunciation class. I am glad it has found a new audience.

[@caitlinb.331]

Teacher Dan's videos thank you for the video!

[@Thegamerone31]

Great 🔥👊🏿

[@hungrymeat3578]

Me too!

[@michaelscofield7329]

@@TeacherDanFitz Me too iam trying to analyze poem structure,so this is needed especially for iambic pentameter

[@glaze9972]

Is it just me who suddenly becomes relaxed when hearing him talk? I wanna lay down and take a nap now. lol

[@TeacherDanFitz]

That's what my in person classes are like. a lot of power nappers.

[@abdulmuqusit4747]

@@TeacherDanFitz 😂🔥

[@meaganbeeeeee5047]

Thank you Teacher Dan so much! Your Banana example clarified it for me. I noticed the stressed syllable right away and the difference between the two was instantaneous for me.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for commenting and watching.

[@jeremyheartriter2.063]

Just wanted to know this to speak in iambic pentameter to annoy my friend. Thanks, it helped.😅😅😅

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Yes. That is annoying. Keep it up!

[@starburstwrappers]

Well, when you put it THAT way, I can understand it. Thanks for breaking it down Barney-style. (high five)

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Barney-style?

[@starburstwrappers]

Teacher Dan's videos Barney-style is military slang for "you made it understandable".

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks for the new expression. Yes, 'Barney-style' is my goal.

[@Chirp-chirp]

@@TeacherDanFitz Also, Barney is a kids show so Barney style is like saying "___ For Dummies"

[@TeacherDanFitz]

@@Chirp-chirp Thanks. My kids went through a Barney phase. I still hear some of the songs in my nightmares.

[@jessikostic3689]

Thank you. I understand stressed and unstressed words now. This helps me with my past simple understanding.

[@meohoang1511]

I'm lived in Vietnam. OF course, i speaking Vietnamese should i speak English very bad. Then lucky, i see you on Internet and i fell favorite languages, most the English. Thank you. Cám ơn những người thầy như bạn, đất nước của chúng tôi rất cần những người như vậy.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thank you for watching the videos. I have a lot of Vietnamese students in my classes this semester. Often Vietnamese speakers have problems with consonant sounds at the end of words. Print the worksheet below and do the activities with a partner. It might help with your pronunciation. docs.google.com/document/d/1_jRAK1nPs5PwHMAqYrm-B9fOLS8lb5aVAKJwfGo5gYI/edit?usp=sharing

[@meohoang1511]

Oh, thank you very much. Một chữ cũng là thầy, nữa chữ cũng là thầy.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Let me know if you find it helpful

[@meohoang1511]

Do you have use Facebook ?.

[@WillyMacShow]

This helps a ton! Thank you

[@bethvasich3268]

Thanks! This will help with a phonics lesson for my elementary kiddos. :). Loved how slowly and carefully you explained it!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks Beth. let me know how it goes.

[@MarinaaLeiin]

Thank you so much for this video!! I study English linguistics and this really helped me understand. Very grateful. Short and simple.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Good luck with your Linguistics studies.

[@ijaz6936]

This is guiding in me in the right direction. I fully understand that syllables can be either stressed and unstressed. I’m just having trouble identifying if a syllable is stressed or unstressed. I hear I could look up the word in a dictionary and I could see if any syllables are stressed or unstressed

[@TeacherDanFitz]

That's true. In some dictionaries there is an apostrophe after the stress syllable. Some dictionaries capitalize the letters in the stressed syllable.

[@ItzGalaxie]

Thank you! Helped me a lot! And God Bless!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks a lot. I am glad it helped.

[@steveburns9939]

Very helpful, thank you for this! I am teaching Shakespeare for the first time and definitely needed a refresher!

[@valeriavld1662]

You’re an excellent teacher. My teacher needed 2 classes of 1:30h to explain this and nobody was able to understand nothing. But I found your video and the whole class has learned this chapter. Thank you. 🥰

[@TeacherDanFitz]

That's great. Yes, please share with your classmates.

[@CodPast]

Thank you for being the one person able to explain this in a way that makes sense

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome.

[@Annshiiiii]

I like how you presented everything, you are doing what the word is, such as louder, longer, higher, shorter and quieter. I aspire to be like such presenter. Thank you very much.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks for the kind words

[@savage-tb3lo]

Great video! I'm learning russian and a I didn't even know what was "stressed" and "unstressed" syllable so this helps a lot

[@TeacherDanFitz]

good to here. Good luck with Russian.

[@ayamarouani3167]

Is it normal that I am screaming banana alone in my room Alone 🤗

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I do it all the time.

[@monochlome]

thank you! this is helping me with our poetry class :D

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great to hear.

[@whitneygranger5420]

I agree with other commenters. this was very helpful in my college American Literature class. our Professor shared your video with us.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Which university?

[@justineestavillo8545]

1st i can't understand then i watched this video then i learned more! Subscribed!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks Justine! Welcome. Any requests for future videos?

[@alvhen9834]

Thank you for this content. Your way of explaining the topic is queit simple and easy to understand.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mimizara1240]

I have an exam tomorrow and this was the best lecture i could find on syllables esp unstressed and stressed..

[@TeacherDanFitz]

good luck on your exam.

[@Mr.Neophyte]

I'm trying to improve my poetry with iambic pentameter, your video made it easier to identify stressed and unstressed syllables. Thank you

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I am glad it helped. Good luck with your iambic pentameter

[@allesa9150]

U are awesome

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks Alles A, I agree 100%.

[@mohammadobeidat1323]

thank you man it helped me a lot because i have an English exam tomorrow and your vdeo made the idea easy for me

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Good luck on your exam.

[@iamkitsune]

this video helped me while doing my Poetry scansion homework.. Thank You so much

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Glad it helped!

[@vxmiran-vg8bh]

Keep up with the good work, such a perfect explanation

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks, will do!

[@lamiaadnan2206]

Excellent explanation. Clear and to the point. Thanks a lot.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome!

[@briggietmendozasalmeron3276]

Interesting for teaching lessons, thank so much

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks. I am glad that you found it useful.

[@muhammadalbarami3268]

This video blew my mind! Great work.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Yes....mind blowing information. How did it help you? are you a student?

[@muhammadalbarami3268]

@@TeacherDanFitz yes. Im a student

[@edriandumaguit563]

Thank you so much, this help me a lot. Now i know what is stressed and unstressed syllables

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great.

[@skylar_dreamyy]

Tysm at first i didn’t understand it and when i clicked your vid it made me understand now and this will come in my exam so TYSMMM

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome.

[@HunterNinjacat]

This is very helpful! Thank you!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.

[@amberelouisefrost5152]

Thank you for this video I can now understand types of metrical feet :)

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. I am glad I could help you with your feet.

[@oh.thts.brittany]

If I had a dollar for every time I said, "He's a genius"...

[@TeacherDanFitz]

probably not the best way to make a million dollars.

[@nokibkazi6606]

Thank you so much, this helped me a lot, I didn't understand with my teacher but you saved the day :) Thank you again :)

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You welcome. Thanks for subscribing and sharing.

[@souadelqadri1203]

Thank you so much The video is very helpful 👌

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing and sharing.

[@neuropcs5879]

Super helpful! I loved your enthusiasm too, thank you very very much :)

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome

[@user-mx9og8lf6u]

Thanks a lot.what the difference between being loud and being higher in pitch?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Higher in pitch-moving to the right on the piano. lower pitch is moving to the left on the piano.

[@mernaebrahim5029]

Thank u it really helps me ☺️ alot

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching this and my other videos. Please share them with your friends.

[@ajayrundla7827]

thanks sir....love from India 🇮🇳

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks Ajay. Have a great day.

[@PortalPass]

Very helpful video 🙂

[@dharmendraumath2977]

sir, may i unterstand in a way that if i pronunce thevsyllable while taking breathe in it would be stressed and while giving the air while breathing i pronunce the syllable it would be unstressed.....

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You exhale for both stressed and unstressed syllables. The difference is that stressed syllables are louder, longer and higher. Unstressed syllables are quieter, shorter and lower. Also often the vowel sounds in unstressed syllables are reduced to /uh/ or /i/. Let me know if you would like to work on some pronunciation over skype.

[@harperbrymer8025]

Great video! I'm trying to write an ode in trochees and this was a big help!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great! Feel free to post the ode in the comments.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Thanks very much! Never really understood it till now.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thanks for watching. I am glad that it helped.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

This was late. But I must thank you again. My pleasure watching.

[@zahhoran7116]

this was very helpful and wonderful

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lapnghiepshopee]

First of all, i thank you so much. The 2nd, ihave one question: must the child in your country learn syllable, words stressed or something like that?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

no. Children in the US don't have to learn those things. If someone wants to learn English as a second language, they may need to learn these things to achieve better pronunciation.

[@lapnghiepshopee]

@@TeacherDanFitz thank you, more one question: Do they learn IPA chart? Can they write the transcript of the written words like like = /laik/ ?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

@@lapnghiepshopee No, they don't learn that. IPA probably would not help you speak Vietnamese better, but it would help me speak it better.

[@vedantsridhar8378]

U do need to know stressed and unstressed syllable to determine which pentameter a poem is.

[@toufikandrieu5758]

Thank you from France sir !!

[@hsuehejjw1731]

This video is amazing thank you so much

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You're so welcome!

[@laynetaunton2686]

Thank you this helped me with my dlab which is very important to me

[@TeacherDanFitz]

What's dlab?

[@Melanie-sv3nb]

Teacher Dan's videos This is very late, but the dlab is a military test that measures how fast you can pick up a language. Syllable stress is in the first section!

[@ANANYA-f2]

Thanku sir I am grateful❤❤

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Which syllable is stressed in the word "grateful"?

[@ANANYA-f2]

@@TeacherDanFitz ful?

[@makooo2223]

Thank you sir. That was very helpful

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. I am glad you found it useful.

[@officialbanana7914]

Thanks for saving our grades

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Happy to help out. Good luck with the rest of your class.

[@jakewalto7843]

nice video but i had to put it in 2x speed to make myself feel like i’m not on ambien.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Whatever it takes.

[@jakewalto7843]

@@TeacherDanFitz my bad dawg I was just tryna make a joke ‘bout you talkin mad slow. hella respect for responding to comments 7 years later. mamba mentality fr.

[@madihashaheen7561]

Thank you God bless you😍

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Mediha shaheen. thanks for the blessing.

[@noobtheking2127]

Your welcome

[@koolzdude89899]

Not sure if you'll reply on such an old video, but from what I can understand, is the main difference between the 2 comes from which syllable has more emphasis to it. Is this correct or have I mistaken something?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Yes. That's the main difference. You show that emphasis by lengthening the vowel sound in the stressed syllable

[@koolzdude89899]

@@TeacherDanFitz Thanks so much! :D

[@daaniaR]

this is just me trying to understand poetry. thankyou !!!!!!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I hope the video helps

[@sunreiz]

Very clear! This taught me a lot!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great. Please subscribe.

[@ryusukehata]

Thank you so much this help me a lot!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

you are welcome. Thanks for subscribing.

[@sybledelarosa5204]

dan the man just saved me from failing my sonnet assignment

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I am glad I could be your stressed and unstressed syllable hero.

[@mathCS1233]

This was pretty helpful 👍👍👍

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great. Thanks for watching.

[@MrBread8953]

This was soooo helpful thanks! 🙏

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I am glad you found it helpful.

[@MrBread8953]

☺️

[@MrBread8953]

Do you teach at a school?

[@qynsen5090]

I have an exam on poetry analysis tomorrow. I'm just learning this.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Good luck on the poetry analysis.

[@supermark9503]

I have a test coming up on this soon, thank you!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Good luck on your test.

[@supermark9503]

@@TeacherDanFitz I just took it today. When I get it back I will comment how I did

[@TeacherDanFitz]

@@supermark9503 Thanks. Yes, keep me posted.

[@Beno__03]

Thanks a lot your video was helpful.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome!

[@jamaicamodanza]

Need this for my creative writing subject!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Good luck.

[@Starbucks-yr9ie]

Wow

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Wow! I agree.

[@BrielEnglish]

Perfect! Thank you 👍🏽

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You're welcome!

[@tochkimny8689]

Thank you much appreciated

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing and sharing.

[@berzen34]

Super helpful. Thanks!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Thank you Crystal. Would you like more pronunciation videos?

[@Maya7346]

This is very helpful! I have a question, is the t in the world adjective stressed or unstressed?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Ooo. stress on the first syllable

[@Maya7346]

@@TeacherDanFitz thank you :)

[@maithilikaushal8356]

Thanks! This was really helpful!!Reccommended

[@TeacherDanFitz]

you are welcome

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Yes, pleas recommend this video.

[@yousefmj7147]

That's really helpful thanks for you

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Great! Please subscribe and share with your friends.

[@Maya-od1on]

Thanks so much for this video, it really helped! One question though; how can you tell when words are one syllable long?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

try to clap or snap your fingers as you say the word. how many claps=number of syllables.....or you can check a dictionary.

[@Maya-od1on]

@@TeacherDanFitz Typo, sorry. Thanks for the tip though! I meant to ask how do you know if a one syllable word is stressed or unstressed.

[@futureclubexampleturned1343]

Thanks you so much.❤️

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing

[@quetzalylopez1088]

thankss!! this video helped me a lot

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing.

[@arcturus8896]

How would you be able to tell if 1 syllable words were stressed or not?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

They are stressed according to their importance in communicating the focus of the sentence. Usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs are stressed. Function words like auxilary verbs and prepositions are not stressed.

[@arcturus8896]

@@TeacherDanFitz I'm sorry but I didn't follow any of that. Could you possibly explain it me as if I was a 4th grader? It would help a lot.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

@@arcturus8896 I will try to put together a video on the subject this weekend. You are correct that my explanation above was not helpful.

[@AlfDagg]

thanks big boy i be learnin Chinee and need to know stressed and instressed sounds

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Interesting. I never thought it would be helpful in learning Chines.e

[@DontBeBad]

how do you identify stresses in 1 syllable words

[@TeacherDanFitz]

That's a good question. it depends on the word and the meaning of the sentence. Generally function words are not stressed (helping verbs, prepositions, articles) Content words are stressed (nouns, verbs, adjectives, negative words. See the example below: I will TELL ALL my FRIENDS to subSCRIBE to TEACHer DAN FITZ's VIDeo CHANnel

[@amanilaataoui1541]

that was helpful. thank u 😄

[@manalriad8905]

that was very helpful thanks

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. glad it was helpful.

[@caleba.garcia3999]

Thanks for this so much!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome

[@andreapunsalan8078]

OHHHHH i get it now! thank you!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome

[@literalenforcer2172]

Nice

[@stephanieramirez7005]

thank you, this helped !!

[@nadiasuee]

thank you!! this helped a lot -7th grader

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I am glad it helped.

[@Samm_345]

Thank you so much, teacher

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing.

[@charlesflamand4147]

thank you, very well explained

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome. excellent mustache.

[@civiSapper]

Struggling with poetry Scansion, until now.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Never meant for this video to be for people studying poetry but excited to see those folks are finding it helpful.

[@tor9824]

Thank you very much!

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You're welcome!

[@joybaria2510]

What is the importance of stress in speaking?

[@TeacherDanFitz]

It have a big impact on understandability.

[@hopegriffin5218]

very helpful thank you :)

[@TeacherDanFitz]

Glad it helped

[@James-oi4jc]

I’m just learning this for rapping

[@TeacherDanFitz]

That's great.

[@zahhoran7116]

thank you very much

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You are welcome

[@eve9813]

thank u ❤️

[@TeacherDanFitz]

You're welcome 😊

[@keenekreider4843]

Let me guess. You looked up videos about poetry scansion and those videos didn’t explain unstressed and stressed so you came here.

[@TeacherDanFitz]

I had no idea this would be helpful for poets.

[@AlienLee]

Keene Kreider You got me🙌🏼