Word Stress in English LONG WORDS! 3 Easy Word Stress Rules

In this American English pronunciation lesson, I will teach you word stress in English: long words! 3 easy word stress rules to improve your speaking in American English.

Topics in this ESL pronunciation lesson:
stressed syllables
how to make word stress in English
how to remember word stress rules
3 word stress rules for long words
word stress in American English

RULE: When a word has one of these suffixes, stress the syllable that comes before the suffix:
-ion or -ian (like "information" or "physician")
-ic or -ical (like "logic" or "logical")
-ity (like "majority")

QUESTION:
What other words with these suffixes can you think of? Please share in the comments!

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Pronunciation Rules for word stress in English:

0:00 3 easy word stress rules
0:12 Why is word stress important?
0:46 How does word stress work?
1:48 What are suffixes?
2:32 #1 words with ion & ian
3:40 #2 words with ic & ical
4:57 #3 words with ity
5:55 How to remember?
6:48 Announcements about online lessons

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[LearnAcademicEnglish]

😀Hi everyone! Thanks for watching!

✍ QUESTION:
What other words with these suffixes can you think of? Share in the comments!

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[ferkaw]

I would like to be in yours online lessons in 2023. Thank you.

[MR-zcny]

Hi I am from Iran.thank you for all your efforts.it was very useful .please make more videos like this.

[zakariiraillen]

The suffix tip is very helpful, the hard one for me is "photographic" the stress changes from one word form to another like "photograph", "photographer", "photographic". Jenna I have a question if you don’t mind, I was writing an email to a friend asking him if he got the job he applied for, I wrote “I was wondering IF you have got the job” and then I thought should I write “I was wondering IF you got the job” is this sentence a conditional sentence, I know the four types of conditional sentences: 0 conditional, 1st conditional, 2nd conditional and 3rd conditional but this sentence doesn’t match any of them and when IF is in a sentence does this sentence always be considered as a conditional sentence. Last sub question, which of the two sentences is correct “I was wondering IF you have got the job” or “I was wondering IF you got the job” or are both incorrect. Jenna you don’t have to answer my questions it is a suggestion for a future video, maybe.

[PHANTOM__EDITZ]

good morning professor
as you have let me know that,
sentences like …
practicing cricket will improve your game in match .
not practicing cricket will not improve your game in match.
will practicing cricket improve your game in match ?
will practicing cricket not improve your game in match ? / wont practicing cricket improve your game in match ?

you have mentioned me that
we can say these and they are fine
why practice cricket if we can play good in our match ?
why not practice cricket if we cant play good in our match ?


but these are not correct but i have heard being used my cricketers on tv, are they really correct ?
why practicing cricket if we can play good in our match ?
why not practicing cricket if we can play good in our match ?

[rodrigoalcantara]

I have such a hard time trying to pronounce the words "effortless" "effortlessly" "effortlessness". There are two main reasons for this:
Reason # 1. The "t" sound: I know that in natural spoken english an american native speaker don't pronounce a "true t" like "tap" or "table", instead they pronounce a "held t" = the tip of the tongue touches the bony bump behind the upper teeth (AKA alveolar ridge), however there is no air release. I CAN'T do it naturally

Reason # 2. Word stress: In my native language, Brazilian Portuguese, when a word has four or more syllables, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables in a word.


In two syllable-words the stress pattern can be: DA da ( BOla, MAla) or da DA ( caJU, aMOR).
In three-syllable words the stress pattern can be:
da da DA (profesSOR, abriCÓ bamboLÊ), da DA da ( toMAte, baNAna, aÇUcar),
DA da da (sílaba, fôlego, música).

So, in a four-syllable word, five-syllable word or any other multi-syllable word, it doesn't matter how many syllables the word has, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables, so the stress patterns can be:

da da da DA ( last Syllable):
man je ri CÃO
da da DA da (second to last Syllable):
res pon SÁ vel
da DA da da (third to last Syllable) :
his TÓ ri co.

In English however, if we count the syllables backwords, the stress can falls in the fourth to last Syllable:
DA da da da :
*EF* fort less ly
*EF* fort less ness.

Another crazy example is the word "Veterinary" which has five syllables and has the stress on the first syllable or on the fifth to last syllable (counting backwords): DA da da da da:

*VET* er i nar y
I'm not accostumed to these stress patterns, so that's why is pretty difficult for me