May God inspire Trump and be an angel his assistant!

Excellent Concession Speech of Hillary Clinton.

God bless America

Ojalá América elija al mejor candidato. 

En momento tan crucial, deseamos para USA buen un gobernante, y un líder mundial sabio, eficaz y prudente. Con los mejores deseos para ese gran País y para el mundo. 

RITMO de la FRASE INGLESA

RITMO de la FRASE INGLESA

 Inglés >< español  contrastan.

El español pronuncia igual todas las sílabas de una palabra y también  todas las palabras de la frase:  el inglés NO!

El inglés es una stress-timed language

¿Qué significa esto?

a)      El hablante inglés se detiene en las palabras con mayor carga significativa:

            nombres, adjetivos, verbos y adverbios.

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b)       Pronuncia rápida y descuidadamente las palabras funcionales:

            to, of, from, him, her, his, as, at, a, the, your,

Verbos auxiliares, artículos, pronombres personales, adjetivos posesivos preposiciones y conjunciones, excepto si son enfáticos.

Lo normal es el uso de las formas débiles; pero, curiosamente, las que se suelen enseñar son las fuertes.

 El uso inadecuado de las fuertes distorsiona el ritmo impide la comprensión y distorsiona la expresión. Error en el que suelen incurrir los extranjeros. 

Recomendamos el siguiente link:

http://www.multimedia-english.com/phonetics/beats-and-rhythm

Sonidos: d, ð, θ

Slave to love by Bryan Ferry

LETRA

Tell her I'll be waiting in the usual place
With the tired and weary and there's no escape
To need a woman you've got to know
How the strong get weak and the rich get poor

Slave to love
Oho
Slave to love

You're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're the restless hearted
Not the chained and bound

The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same

Slave to love
Oho
Slave to love

Slave to love (Nananana)
Oho (Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

The storm is breaking or so it seems
We're too young to reason, too grown up to dream
Now spring is turning your face to mine
I can hear your laughter, I can see your smile

Slave to love (Nananana)
Oho (Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

Slave to love (Nananana)
Oho (Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

(Nananana)
(Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

(Nananana)
(Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

(Nananana)
(Nananana)
Slave to love
I can't escape
I'm a slave to love

CANCIÓN: sleiv tu lʌv - Pasar a ortografía

STRESS-TIMED >< SYLLABLE TIMED languages

There are two groups of languages:

1.      syllable-timed languages

2.     stress-timed languages

Syllable-timed languages

 Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Cantonese,Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese.

            Each syllable takes roughly the same amount of time.

Stress-timed languages

            English, German, Swedish, Russian, Arabic, European Portuguese

         Content syllables are given prominence:  louder and longer

         -stressed syllables are said at approximately regular intervals,   

         -unstressed syllables shorten to fit this rhythm

                                               

            Grammer words ( articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjuctives, anomalous finites,     etc) use weak forms to accommodate to the speech rhythm. For that reason  is  important to know their  weak and strong forms and when to use/ expect them, otherwise, even if your grammar and articulation is right, communication will fail.

            

            To mitigate the bother we will present the alternative forms in a song by Bryan Ferry   that expect you will enjoy. The song is in phonetics and you have to guess the spelling. After that you will be given tables with the weak/strong forms and when to  se them. Don`t skip  the guessing! Come on, sing along and enjoy learning!

WORD STRESS: el acento cambia el significado

En Inglés, el acento de nombres/adjetivos es diferente del de los verbos.

Los nom./adj. se acentúan en la primera sílaba, los verbos en la segunda:

WORD STRESS CHANGES MEANING

STRESS - INTRODUCCIÓN

1)    Word stress

2)    Sentence stress

1.    Word stress

a)         English has  tonic stress,  but NOT orthographic accent.

b)         Words of Latin origin stress differently:

c)       Stress changes MEANING: nouns are stressed on the first syllable;

                                      verbs are stressed on the second syllable

 d) Stress and pronunciation vary in derived words:

 e)        Unstressed syllables are often pronounced [ə]

 f)        Auxiliary and Modal verbs use weak forms.

_________

[1]  dessert  [di’zә :t]  = postre