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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How are you?
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00 where is the main stress in that expression? When I was in school, my teachers always said "How are 01 u 01 b 00 you 02 b 02 u 00 ?" (stress on "you"). I think I hear "How 01 u 01 b 00 are 02 b 02 u 00 you?" most of the times, and that should be the correct one (since pronouns are not usually stressed). However, sometimes I also hear "How are 01 u 01 b 00 you 02 b 02 u 00 ?", and not as an answer (where you would stress the pronoun, since you want to know about the other). 02 br
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00 Any comments? Thank you 05 0 010id 1
00 where is the main stress in that expression? When I was in school, my teachers always said "How are 01 u 01 b 00 you 02 b 02 u 00 ?" (stress on "you"). I think I hear "How 01 u 01 b 00 are 02 b 02 u 00 you?" most of the times, and that should be the correct one (since pronouns are not usually stressed). However, sometimes I also hear "How are 01 u 01 b 00 you 02 b 02 u 00 ?", and not as an answer (where you would stress the pronoun, since you want to know about the other). 02 br
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00 Any comments? Thank you 05 0 010id 1
Top answer
0 Both are acceptable. " is a little less formal, but "How *are 02 b 00 you" if you overemphasize the "are" sounds a little pompous. 0-
- 0 Both are acceptable.
- " is a little less formal, but "How *are 02 b 00 you" if you overemphasize the "are" sounds a little pompous.
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0 Both are acceptable. "How are 01 b 00 you*?" is most common, "How *are* ya?" is a little less formal, but "How *are 02 b 00 you" if you overemphasize the "are" sounds a little pompous. 0-
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00 really? I really thought it was "How 01 u 00 ar
01 cite 10 Marvin A. 12 cite 10 Both are acceptable. "How are 11 b 10 you*?" is most common, "How *are* ya?" is a little less formal, but "How *are 12 b 10 you" if you overemphasize the "are" sounds a little pompous. 12 blockquote10 Hi, 02 br
00 really? I really thought it was "How 01 u 00 ar
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0 Hmm I normally heard people say how are 01 u 00 you 02 u 00 as well. 02 br
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00 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 any word you want >_> if it is needed. 02 br
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00 Also, in one of the pronunciation book I have, there is this exerc
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00 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 any word you want >_> if it is needed. 02 br
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00 Also, in one of the pronunciation book I have, there is this exerc
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0 Hi Yuki, 02 br
00 thank you for your opinion. 01 blockquote
00 thank you for your opinion. 01 blockquote
01 cite 10 L.Yuki 12 cite 11 font 10 Hmm I normally heard people say how are 11 u 10 you 12 u 10 as well. 12 font 12 br
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11 font 10 Though, my
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0 Ah, I see. That is why I hate stressing -_- I can't stress well. 02 br
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00 I don't think I am that far yet. I am just on the beginning of the book LOL 02 br
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00 Now that mention "Thank you", I think it is the same case as what the native speaker (your friend) has mentioned. Because as a cashier at times, I always say "Thank you" to the customers. And a
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00 I don't think I am that far yet. I am just on the beginning of the book LOL 02 br
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00 Now that mention "Thank you", I think it is the same case as what the native speaker (your friend) has mentioned. Because as a cashier at times, I always say "Thank you" to the customers. And a
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01 cite 10 L.Yuki 12 cite 10 Ah, I see. That is why I hate stressing -_- I can't stress well. 12 blockquote10 I can't either, I just pretend I know what to stress, LOL. Really, I think it is difficult, I just try not to think to much about what to stress... I think I'll learn over time, little by little, just listening... If I start
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0 >> I asked a native speaker too, and she said that "How are you?" would be something you say after someone has already asked you "How are you?" So she said "How are you?" is not ok as a general question when you meet someone. << 02 br
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00 Hmm. Actually I retract what I said before. The native speaker that you asked is right--you do stress the "you" after someo
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00 Hmm. Actually I retract what I said before. The native speaker that you asked is right--you do stress the "you" after someo
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0 I've read this thread several times, and it's puzzling. 02 br
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01 i 00 How are you? 02 i 00 gets the same normal downward falling intonation and stress at the end as any other content question. I don't sense a really emphatic stress on 01 i 00 you 02 i 00 , just the same as at the end of any question of the same type. In fact, I think I he
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01 i 00 How are you? 02 i 00 gets the same normal downward falling intonation and stress at the end as any other content question. I don't sense a really emphatic stress on 01 i 00 you 02 i 00 , just the same as at the end of any question of the same type. In fact, I think I he
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01 cite 10 CalifJim 12 cite 10 I've read this thread several times, and it's puzzling. 12 br
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11 i 10 How are you? 12 i 10 gets the same normal downward falling intonation and stress at the end as any other content question. I don't sense a really emphatic stress on 11 i 10 you 12 i 10 , just
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0 No. Sorry for the confusion. In my transcriptions I placed the most stressed syllables in 01 b 00 bold 02 b 00 , and I 01 u 00 underlined 02 u 00 the syllables that are less stressed than the bold ones, but which nevertheless have some stress. These are, of course, not the result of any scientific measurement, but simply my subjective impressions. 02 br
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