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1.12. The Stress Mark - aN introduction
With few exceptions, all Russian words have one stressed vowel (or syllable), pronounced with greater force. Stressed vowels are marked with an accent: а́, э́, о́, у́, ы́, я́, е́, ю́, и́. The letter ё is always stressed and marked with two dots instead of an accent.
In everyday writing, stress marks and the dots over ё are rarely used. They may appear in dictionaries, language-learning materials, or ambiguous contexts to clarify meaning. Single-syllable words are almost always stressed and do not require stress marks.
Stress can shift between syllables during verb conjugation, noun declension, or plural formation. Compound nouns and adjectives may have two stressed syllables, with one more pronounced.
Some words, such as single-syllable prepositions, may be unstressed. Additionally, stress can be suppressed in common phrases.
Stressed vowels are pronounced consistently, but unstressed vowels often vary. For example:
In everyday writing, stress marks and the dots over ё are rarely used. They may appear in dictionaries, language-learning materials, or ambiguous contexts to clarify meaning. Single-syllable words are almost always stressed and do not require stress marks.
Stress can shift between syllables during verb conjugation, noun declension, or plural formation. Compound nouns and adjectives may have two stressed syllables, with one more pronounced.
Some words, such as single-syllable prepositions, may be unstressed. Additionally, stress can be suppressed in common phrases.
Stressed vowels are pronounced consistently, but unstressed vowels often vary. For example:
- а and о sound similar when unstressed.
- е and я also have similar unstressed pronunciations. The variation is less noticeable with у, ю, ы, и, and э.
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