LA PESADILLA DE LA PRONUNCIACIÓN

  

  PRONUNCIATION NIGHTMARE

61 of the English commonest verbs have strong and weak forms. Don’t panic, expect  the weak forms in normal conversation;  the strong forms exist, but they are occasionally used.

Strong & Weak forms of Anomalous Finites

spelling	weak	strong
am	Em, m	ym
is	z, s	Iz
are	E	A:
was	wEz, wz	Woz
were	wE	wE:
have	hEv, Ev, v	hyv
has	hEz, Ez, z	hyz
had	hEd, Ed, d	hyd

USES

Strong forms

1)     Isolated:                         DE wE:d “nVn”

2)   Stressed:                        bEt ju A: hiE

3)    Followed by nt               ju  A:nt in E ‘hVri

4)    At the end                       Dei E not  ‘bizi, bEt wi A:

WEAK  forms                     in all other cases