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What is a weak syllable and a strong syllable?
A weak syllable is unstressed. A strong syllable carries the stress.
How many syllables are in the word weak?
There is 1 syllable.
What is the accented syllable in the word posthumous?
The accented syllable is the FIRST syllable (with a weak secondary accent on the last syllable). pos-chuh-muhs, or pos-choo-muhs
Is celebración a sample of a diptongo?
Yes. A diptongo, or diphthong, is when an unstressed weak vowel and a strong vowel are together in the same syllable. The weak vowels are I, U, and Y. The strong vowels are A, E, and O. In this example the ió makes a diphthong because the i is a weak vowel and is not accented, the o is a strong vowel, and they are both together in the same syllable. This simply means that when pronouncing ió you treat it as one syllable with the sound "yo".
Is portion a short vowel word?
No. In the word portion, the first syllable, por, has a caret O vowel sound (long O + R), and the second syllable, tion, has a weak vowel sound (technically, a schwa).
What is the schwa vowel in cactus?
It is 'u'. The schwa sound is usually produced in a weak syllable.
What is the unstressed syllable of repel?
The unstressed syllable in the word repel is the first syllable 'ruh'.
What is the meaning pronunciation and syllabification of the word feeble?
FEE-ble very weak not good enough not successful or effective
What a diphthong is?
A diphthong is a combination of a strong vowel and a weak vowel, or two weak vowels to make one syllable or sound. The English "long" vowels a, i, and o are diphthongs, having the IPA designation ei, ai and ou respectively.
What are the types of syllable?
A closed syllable. An open syllable. A vowel-consonant-e syllable. A vowel team syllable. A consonant-le syllable. An r-controlled syllable.
What does a foot mean in poetry?
A "foot" in poetry refers to the metrical foot. It is a unit of measure used to analyze the rhythm of a poem, and is based on the qualities of the sounds of speech. A metrical foot is usually composed of what are referred to as "strong stresses" and "weak stresses." Weak stresses are usually short words or sounds which are pronounced quickly and with a lower tone, or pitch. Strong stresses are just the opposite. If you pay close attention, when you read a poem aloud, sometimes you may notice that the sounds you are making, reading the words, fall into a cadence, or rhythm, like "dah DUH, dah DUH, dah DUH, dah DUH, dah DUH." The "dah" would be a weak stressed syllable, and the "DUH" would be a strong stressed syllable. This particular combination (starting with one weak stress and continuing with one strong stress) is called an iamb, which is a metrical foot.
Where is the primary stress in the word security?
In British English it would be magaZINE but I think Americans pronounce it more like MAGazine. In each case the middle syllable is weak (schwa) but the syllable that doesn't have the primary stress has a secondary stress so it is not weakened. So even in British English the 'mag' part of magaZINE rhymes with 'tag'.
