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Zoltán Király Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Which syllable of the word "okay" to stress?
I looked in the dictionary and the word "okay" has more stress patterns:
1. 'o?'ke?
2. o?'ke?
3. 'o??ke?
My question is, when the word "okay" is used as an adjective do we stress the first or the second syllable of the word, for example:
I'm okay. [??m o?'ke?] or
I'm okay. [??m 'o? ke?]
Which one is correct?
1. 'o?'ke?
2. o?'ke?
3. 'o??ke?
My question is, when the word "okay" is used as an adjective do we stress the first or the second syllable of the word, for example:
I'm okay. [??m o?'ke?] or
I'm okay. [??m 'o? ke?]
Which one is correct?
Top answer
Zoltán Király I'm okay. ] orI'm okay. m 'o?
- Zoltán Király I'm okay.
- ] orI'm okay.
- m 'o?
- ]Which one is correct?
- In this case, with the adjective used predicatively, I stress the second syllable.
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Zoltán KirályI'm okay. [??m o?'ke?] orI'm okay. [??m 'o? ke?]Which one is correct?In this case, with the adjective used predicatively, I stress the second syllable. If the adjective comes before the noun (e.g. "It was an okay film") then I stress both syllables roughly equally, or perhaps slightly favour the first.
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