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* In substantives (and in adjectives and adverbs) the stress generally falls on the first syllable, but if they are compound nouns / adjectives, formed by prefix + noun / adjective, the stress falls on the root syllable of the noun / adjective. In compounds which are formed by noun / adjective + noun / adjective, the various words are read as if they were written separately; | * In substantives (and in adjectives and adverbs) the stress generally falls on the first syllable, but if they are compound nouns / adjectives, formed by prefix + noun / adjective, the stress falls on the root syllable of the noun / adjective. In compounds which are formed by noun / adjective + noun / adjective, the various words are read as if they were written separately; | ||
* In verbs the stress falls always on the root, even if they are compounds, ex.: '' | * In verbs the stress falls always on the root, even if they are compounds, ex.: ''yemæke'', "to make up", is read as [jə'ma:kə]. | ||
=Grammar= | =Grammar= | ||