A short pronunciation lesson by Hadar Shemesh focusing on primary stress in English. The speaker explains that primary stress strongly affects clarity and demonstrates with an example sentence ('The engineer complained to the manager on the conclusions of the company survey.') and the word 'condition', prompting listeners to identify the stressed syllable.
The engineer complained to the manager on the conclusions of the company survey. If you didn't understand what I was saying here, it's because I misplaced the primary stress in almost every word. The engineer complained to the manager on the conclusions of the company survey. The primary stress is one of the most important elements when it comes to clear pronunciation. So, for example, if you're saying the word condition and you want to identify what part you're stressing, you want to say it slowly. And then there is, like, this one part that is a little bit more dominant. Let's say if I ask you to punch your palm when you say the word, when you say it slowly, you're gonna do it on a certain syllable, right? And if we use the word condition, where would you do it?
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