WEEkend vs weekEnd
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Could you help me, please?
What is the difference between "wEEkend" and "weekEnd"? I definitely remember I saw in a dictionary that if we stress the first syllable it is a verb, and if we stress the last syllable, it is a noun. But now I can't find this information anywhere. Please, could you tell me if I am right, or else what the difference between the two is.
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Americans say WEEK-end. Brits say week-END. That is the only thing different about the pronunciation as far as I know.
- Americans say WEEK-end.
- Brits say week-END.
- That is the only thing different about the pronunciation as far as I know.
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Americans say WEEK-end. Brits say week-END. That is the only thing different about the pronunciation as far as I know.
0I am a British English speaker, and I say "WEEKend" and "weekEND" pretty much interchangeably, I think, as a noun. I never use the word as a verb in my own speech.
0Maria D I saw in a dictionary that if we stress the first syllable it is a verb, and if we stress the last syllable, it is a noun.
This has nothing to do with "weekend", and you have it the wrong way round.
Stress on the first syllable: noun
Stress on the last syllable: verb
Typical examples: record, addict, object
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