[lojban-beginners] stress in gismu

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/7/2005 4:25:50 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> And you can also pick out gismu in
> speech through their cadence--the emphasis is always on the second
> syllable, so if you hear a stressed syllable, it's likely (though
> practically, not always) in a brivla.


Gismu are always stressed on the *first*, i.e., penultimate syllable.

stevo