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Ricefarmer Posted 22 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Strong and weak sounds in verbs????

what does it mean by strong and weak sounds in verbs?

can i have some examples??
  

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Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound. Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence. For example, the weak form of the verb 'have' is /hev/ or /ev/, e being the unstressed sound called 'swcha' (usually written as an inverted 'e'), which you can hardly hear.

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  • Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound.
  • Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence.
  • For example, the weak form of the verb 'have' is /hev/ or /ev/, e being the unstressed sound called 'swcha' (usually written as an inverted 'e'), which you can hardly hear.
  • This form is mostly used when the verb 'have' is functioning as an auxiliary verb as in They have been doing the hovering or in sequences such as should have , could have , would have .
  • Strong forms are normally used when we say a word isolated from speech with an emphasis on the vowel.
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Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound.
Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence.
For example, the weak form of the verb 'have' is /hev/ or /ev/, e being the unstressed sound called 'swcha' (usually writ
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How about the existential "there"? It usually takes the weak form, I know. But what if it is used in the question form, in a quesion tag, for instance? It'd be nice to get someone to enlighten me on this. Thanks.
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00There're only words that are not "telegram words" (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)02br
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00Ans the strong form only exist in words that have a weak form.02br
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00Ese es mi aporte, chao.0-
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please i need more information about weak and strong forms.
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Anonymous please i need more information about weak and strong forms.
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What is the difference in pronunciation between I do it and I will do it
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