Hi everyone and welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English pronunciation podcast.

My name is Mandy and this is our 33rd episode.

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Now, on with the show.

Today I'm going to continue talking about the confusing and complicated topic of syllable stress.

By carefully memorizing these details, you really can develop a more intuitive approach to syllable stress,

and you will certainly have fewer miscommunications when you are talking with native speakers.

Unfortunately, it isn't easy. There are simply a lot of rules to learn and memorize. But if you've gotten your

English skills high enough to listen to and understand this podcast, you can also master

syllable stress. First, let's review. I know our list of things to review each week is getting long, but review

leads to long-term memory development, and that's what I want for all of you.

Three long weeks ago, I began this topic by telling you that two-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are usually

stressed on the first syllable. Two-syllable verbs are usually stressed on the second syllable.

Don't forget, we have that special group of words called heteronyms, which are two different

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