Strong and Weak Syllables

[Echay]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have question about why we need learn/know about strong and weak Syllables?
What is the advantages or necessary

Hopefully can get answer from you

Thank you and Best Regards,
Echay

 

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[bhaisahab]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have question about why we need learn/know about strong and weak Syllables?
What is the advantages or necessary

Hopefully can get answer from you

Thank you and Best Regards,
Echay

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[BobK]

:up:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have a question about why we need learn/know about strong and weak Syllables?
What is the advantages or necessary

...

...but the short answer is: using strong and weak syllables is what we do in speech. So until you learn/know about them you are bound to sound foreign (and in some cases your meaning will be unclear and/or wrong).

b

PS Incidentally, when correcting your mistake, a teacher would stress the a: 'You mean you have a question...' But this stress is just for contrast - emphasizing the word you omitted. If you had got it right in the first place ('I have a question...'), the 'a' would be weak: /aɪ hæv ǝ kwesʧǝn/ ;-) (If you said /aɪ hæv eɪ kwesʧǝn/ your meaning would be different - depending on context. For example, it could mean 'There's something I want to ask, but don't worry - it's only a single question' or 'There are lots of things that I find confusing, but I can only think of one of them at the moment' (a meaning I often use in my Tai Chi lessons ;-))... or many other meanings.