[lojban-beginners] stress

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

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