Slovura 07 - Word Stress
Slovura has one simple stress rule:
Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.
Since every basic root has one syllable, a root used as a separate word is stressed on that syllable.
A compound is a single word, so only its first syllable receives the primary stress.
Stress and Word Boundaries
Stress helps distinguish the phrases and compounds introduced earlier.
Compare:
KA STA
ka statwo words, so each word is stressed
with:
KA-sta
kastaone word, so only the first syllable is stressed
The same applies to longer compounds:
KA KLA MA —
ka kla ma— three separate wordsKA-kla-ma —
kaklama— one compound word
The roots themselves do not change. Stress simply provides an audible indication of how they are grouped into words.
Remember
- Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.
- Separate words are each stressed.
- A compound has one primary stress, on its first syllable.
- Stress helps make word boundaries audible.
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Continue with Slovura 08 - Multiple Subjects, Predicates and Objects to learn how Slovura sentences can contain more than one subject, predicate or object.