2018-02-27 Pronunciation: numbers, 2-syllable verbs

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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There are three differences between the “teen” numbers and the multiples of ten:
- stress: thirTEEN / THIRty
- /n/: thirteeN / thirty
- flapped t: thirTeen, thirDy (this doesn’t help with 50 or 60)
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Chapter 5 handout p. 43 exercise 5A - Read sentence (a) or (b) to your partner. Respond to the sentence you think you heard. Then switch roles.
Spoken by a native speaker, the sentences for #3 are probably the most difficult.
	- You can’t use the /t/ to help, because it isn’t flapped in either number.
	- It’s hard to hear /n/ before /m/.
	- The stress in “fifteen” moves toward the first syllable before the first stress in “minutes”.
The nasal (m) is longer in “fifteen minutes” than “fifty minutes”.
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p. 43 exercise 6A - In groups of three, talk about which information you think is correct.
Between “thirteenth” and “thirtieth”, you should also notice the different number of syllables.
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In most two-syllable verbs, the stress is on the second syllable.
p. 44 exercise 7A - With your partner, try to add three more verbs to each prefix, using the roots in the list above.
con: convert, contain, conceive, conclude, (concord - noun), (conduce - rare), confine, (comport - changes to ‘m’ spelling before ‘p’), consent, conserve, consume, contend, (convent - noun)
de: deceive, deport, defend, define, deserve, deduce, detain
pre: preserve, prevent, present, pretend, predict, presume
re: record, receive, reserve, reduce, report, refine, resent, resume, retain, revert, respect
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Tomorrow: phrasal verbs!