From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Sep 03 04:52:40 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:52:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GJqWh-0003Ss-JM for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:52:36 -0700 Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.4]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GJqWZ-0003Sk-Ek for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:52:32 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id d.1bf.6978fc00 (48600) for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 07:52:20 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <1bf.6978fc00.322c1bf4@wmconnect.com> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 07:52:20 EDT Subject: [lojban-beginners] stress To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1bf.6978fc00.322c1bf4_boundary" X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-archive-position: 3557 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_1bf.6978fc00.322c1bf4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/3/2006 4:25:16 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > How should it be pronounced? > > > > fe'irE'a or fE'ire'a or may be fe'Ire'a? > > {fe'irE'a} of course. The second to last syllable is "re". > Every vowel - except {y} - is counted as one syllable. > The second to last vowel ought to be stressed. > > mi'e darves > Depends on what a word is, too. "Fe'ire'a" is two cmavo written together. Does that make them one word or two? I vote for two. stevo --part1_1bf.6978fc00.322c1bf4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 9/3/2006 4:25:16 AM Centr= al Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> How should it be prono= unced?
>
> fe'irE'a or fE'ire'a or may be fe'Ire'a?

{fe'irE'a} of course. The second to last syllable is "re".
Every vowel - except {y} - is counted as one syllable.
The second to last vowel ought to be stressed.

mi'e darves


Depends on what a word is, too.  "Fe'ire'a" is two cmavo written to= gether.  Does that make them one word or two?  I vote for two.

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