The emphasis is right. How to put stress in a word? Difficulties and annoying mistakes
The Russian language is difficult to use even for native speakers. There are words in which one or the other syllable is stressed, but there are not several correct options, according to the orthoepic dictionary.
A controversial issue is the stress in the word "simultaneously". When using this word in colloquial speech, both the third and fourth vowels are distinguished.
The demanding Russian language makes an exception regarding the stressed vowel in the word "at the same time". Thus, no matter what syllable you stress, each of the options will be considered correct and literate.
But why is the emphasis historically laid down in the words "at the same time" and "at the same time" on two different sounds?
The fact is that the allocation of the third vowel was practiced back in tsarist times, when the Russian language was more refined and original.
Until now, the use of this word with a stressed third syllable sounds aristocratic, but at the same time, the opinions of orthoepic dictionaries under different editions differ on this issue.
For example, the dictionaries of Lopatin and Kuznetsov also allow the use of stress on both syllables, but at the same time they consider pronunciation with an emphasis on the second sound E to be more literate due to the modernization of the Russian language.
Thus, you can remember each of them. The best thing is to choose the most suitable option pronunciation for yourself and use only it in your speech.
Especially if, on duty, you have to deal with oratory or business conferences.
Important! Since the Gramota portal believes that the correct stress in the word "at the same time" can be placed in two different ways, wherever you put the accent, both pronunciations will be considered correct and in accordance with the norms of the Russian language.
What do dictionaries say?
When choosing the correct stressed vowel, the dictionary does not provide clear explanations. Expert opinions differ:
- Portal Gramota.ru explains that the option “at the same time”, stress on the third syllable, is more correct. This is explained by the fact that such pronunciation has a historical origin.
- The same opinion is shared by dictionaries edited by Gorbachevich or Studiner.
- Kuznetsov and Lopatin in their writings argue the opposite.
- Ozhegov's dictionary recognizes both options as literate, implying the possibility of stress on both the third and fourth syllables.
The correct placement of stress is one of the hallmarks of a literate and educated person. In Russian, there are a number of words in which many people put stress incorrectly. We suggest remembering how to age the stress in these words. Let's dwell on each of them in more detail.
How to put stress in the word "development"?
Always on the second "e". Remember the correct stress: "development".
What is the correct way to stress the word "contract"?
Always on the last "o". Remember and strictly observe the correct stress: “contract”.
How to put stress in the word "domain"?
Always on "e". This word is English, so it is more correct to put the accent in the same way as in domain. Remember how to correctly stress: "domain".
What is the correct way to stress the word "call" ("call")?
Always start with the letter "i". In order to remember the stress in this word, keep in mind a line from Pugacheva’s song: “He won’t write letters, and he’s unlikely to call.”
How to put stress in the word "catalog"?
Always on the last syllable, on the letter "o". Remember and observe the correct stress: "catalog".
How to put stress in the word "quarter"?
Always on the final "a". Remember and strictly observe the correct stress: "quarter".
How to put stress in the word "beautiful"?
Always on "and". Remember how to correctly emphasize: “more beautiful”.
How to put stress in the word "stroke"?
Only the letter "u". Remember how to correctly stress: "stroke".
How to put stress in the word "marketing"?
Only the letter "a"! A lot of people put the stress on this word wrong. Remember how to properly emphasize: "marketing".
How to put stress in the word "thinking"?
Only the first letter "e". Gorbachev incorrectly emphasized the word "thinking". Remember how to correctly emphasize: “thinking”.
How to put stress in the word "for a while"?
More correctly - on the first "o". Although even in poetry there is an emphasis on "a". We recommend putting the emphasis just like this: “for a short time”.
What is the correct way to stress the word "support"?
Always on the second "e". Remember and strictly observe the correct stress: "provide", as well as "provide".
What is the correct way to stress the word "means"?
Always on "e". Remember and strictly observe the correct stress: “means” (as in the word "mediocre").
How to put stress in the word "cottage cheese"?
More correctly - on the first "o". However, it is acceptable, although more colloquial, to stress the second "o".
What is the correct way to stress the word "request"?
Always on the first "a". Remember and strictly observe the correct stress: “intercession”.
Carefully review the lists of compound words that are often mistaken with stress, read the basic rules for stressing in Russian - and your speech will sound perfect. Learn to speak correctly.
Highlighted in red in word lists correct option accent placement.
Top 75 words that cause the most stress problems
then mouths then mouths
call call t call you call you call back t
sorrel
bows
start started started started started started started to start started started
started started
tvo rog g (double stress)
beet
pamper
pampered bathroom
turn on turn on
katalo g
quart l
so r
that flask
busy
understand
blinds
created created created a created
opto out
plum
contracts
religion
dispensary
dosu g
slumber that
kitchen
make it easier make it easier
facilities
taps
che rpat
scarves
la tte
beautiful
deepen deepen t
phenomenon ( unusual phenomenon) fenome n (an outstanding person)
chain
garbage chute d water pipe d
bartender
barrel
statue
gross
reward
dancer
revived
sheet
masterfully
get to
apoca lipsis
intention
acquired
clog open clog
thailand
seal up seal up
graffiti
boo ngalo
took took
waited
called
hand t
defi c
rubber
bark
newborn
and vgustovsky
borrow t
parte p
patria rkhiya
pizzeria
pullo ver
drill t drill sh
removed removed
cabbage soup
350+ Words That Cause Stress Difficulty
A selection of 350+ popular words that cause difficulty with stress.
Look and remember the correct accents.
A
acro field
alcohol
anoni m
apoca lipsis
asymmetry
scam
airports, im.p. plural
b
bows, im.p.pl.ch
bar rust
bartender
bo rodu, vin.p.ed.h.
boo ngalo
balo bathroom, moreover.
balling around
pamper
harlots
took
was taken
bukhga lterov, rod.p. pl.n.
bureaucracy
V
party
during
into bent
gross
vanda ly
religion
veterina ria
locked up
took
took
included
included
turn m
turn on
turn it on
poured in
water pipes
air duct
broke in
accepted
playback
recreated
hand t
outright
G
genesis
stamp
gas pipeline
gastronomy
hegemony
drove
chasing
homeopathy
citizenship
graffiti
penny
d
to the top
to gmat
to the bottom
old
defi c
dispensary
whitewashed
got there
arrived
delivered
contract
agreement
waited
get through
get through
red hot
document nt
Done lzya
dosu g
touch
slumber that
spiritual to
e
eva ngelie
heresy to
and
blinds
blinds, cf. and pl.
waited
h
for bent
for nyal
for nothing
busy
always thai
back lgo
zakuriv
close up
took
busy
locked up
seal up
called
call
call t
call you
Zimo Vshchik
the Omen
significant
jagged
And
and ksy
and skra knowledge and a spark of ignition
yoke men
from ancient times
otherwise
exclude
disappear
To
kambala
ka shit
kitchen
katalo g
rubber
quart l
cedar
kilometer tr
kla la
whooping cough
bark
nursing
sneaking
taps
more beautiful
paint the newest
flint
heels
bleeding
bleed
l
lied
lila
lila sya
dexterity
lomo ta
hunk
popular
m
marketing (both accents are acceptable)
briefly
masterfully
medicines
mosaic
young x
praying
garbage chute
myta rystvo
n
askew
began
in chali
to chat
not a friend
but gtya, genus.p singular
nao tmash
lied
nagovo r
need lgo
put on t
overstrained myself
acquired
cashed in-remove
acquired
named herself
out of spite
bank t
poured
poured
poured
intention
hired
people
narwhal
nasori t
start in
started
starting
begin
start
week g
soon lgo
necrolo g
inappropriately lgo
untold no
oil pipeline
low on
brought down
newcomer
newborn
O
provision
promised
call t
lighten t
facilitate
drenched herself
embraced
overtook
encourage
skinned
encouraged
borrow t
voice acting
angry beat
embittered
familiarized
surround t
opo slat
lean on
seal
opto out
point
condemned
otku smacked
open up
disabled
withdrew
responded
tore off
oh trinity
estimated
P
pa squill
Understood,
along the handrails
by shear
waste away
parte p
patria rkhiya
call back
recut
transfused
pizzeria
spit
plateau
bear fruit
filling
poi mka
repeated
repeat t
divided
up in
teenage
I'll clean it up
called
call you, call you
poured
put l
put
pony in
understood
Understood
Ambassador la
when was
when it was
at cous
accepted
accepted
accepted
tamed
anticipate
reward
arrived in
arrived
dowry
force
tamed
program b
lived
well-trodden
pullo ver
viaduct d
R
ra ja
developed
shell
tore
rhubarb
With
bent
created
clogs
beet
drill t
drill sh
orphan
plum
removed
removed
cosas in
created
created l
created
established
sori t
concentration
funds, im.p.pl.
statue
so r
T
that institution
then mouths
then mouths
then immediately
that flask
taboo
dancer
tvo rog g (double stress)
brindle
roofing felts
nausea
tubular
pipeline d
at
removed
speed up
deepen
persuasive
legalization
Ukrainian
smarter
simplification
fax mile
phenomenon (unusual phenomenon)
phenomenon n (an outstanding person)
fetish sh
fluorography
thailand
c
centner
cement nt
chain
h
che rpat
chi styler
sh
scarves
shofo r
sch
lick
cabbage soup
sorrel
shemi t
uh
expert
e kskurs
electric wire
Stress rules in Russian
Stress in feminine verbs
In feminine verbs in the past tense, the ending -a becomes stressed. Examples: understood, took off, took, lied, lied, waited, drove, perceived, called.
Exceptions to the rule: became, slala, stole, laid and all words with the prefix you- ( Drink - drank, take out - took out).
The use of nouns in plural
Most masculine plural nouns end in -ы. The ending is always unstressed.
Examples: airport - airports, professor - professors, doctor - doctors, bow - bows, scarf - scarves, contract - contracts, elevator - elevators, cake - cakes, accountant - accountants
Stress in words of foreign origin
For French borrowings, the stress falls on the last syllable, for Latin - on the penultimate one.
It is best to check the correctness of stresses in words of foreign origin in dictionaries, but those words that have become firmly established in our everyday life should be remembered: alphabet, apostrophe, hyphen, blinds, catalogue, obituary, quarter, parter, espert, fetish, flyleaf, facsimile.
stress in adjectives
You should also remember the rules for setting stress in the following adjectives: kitchen, plum, pear, Ukrainian, mosaic, wholesale, ancient.
Dictionaries and pronunciation checkers online
Checking words and dictionaries on the portal Gramota.ru
Search and check of a word in the main dictionaries of the Russian language.
An important part of linguistics is orthoepy - the science that studies pronunciation. It is she who answers the question of whether to emphasize in different cases. Without knowledge of this, competent oral speech is impossible. Incorrectly placed stress not only makes a person ridiculous in the eyes of interlocutors, but also seriously complicates the communication process, because the word can eventually change its meaning ... Our article is devoted to the topic "Correct stress in words." How to put stress correctly, we will consider in this publication in more detail.
Word stress is the emphasis of one of the syllables of a word with the help of voice. The pronunciation of a stressed vowel requires a special strain on the organs of speech and phonation. The syllable pronounced with the greatest force is called stressed.
In addition to verbal, there is also syntagmic stress (highlights a certain word in a syntagma), phrasal (highlights a syntagma in a phrase) and logical (highlights a word to emphasize its semantic dominance over others in a given context).
Types of word stress
Word stresses also have their subspecies. The division is carried out taking into account what means and methods of staging are used in a particular language. This is how they distinguish:
It should be noted that several means of acoustics can be combined in the same stress. Moreover, in different words one sentence, the stress can be more pronounced and vice versa.
Designation of stress in writing
In addition to the features of the production, there are also different ways designations. For example, in the international phonetic alphabet, stress is indicated by a vertical line or a line above the syllable. In Russian, it is sometimes denoted by the sign “akut”, which is placed above. In English, they put a stroke at the end of the stressed word. In some dictionaries, stress is indicated by a combination of bold and
Stress in Russian
The stressed syllables of the Russian language have a longer pronunciation compared to other parts of the word. But the height of the selected vowel can change. There are many languages among the world's languages where stress is a stable and fixed thing. Like, for example, the French, who always emphasize the last syllable in a word if it is pronounced separately. And in the whole phrase, everything except the final word is unstressed. Only the last syllable of the rhythmic group (actually, the phrase) stands out.
There are no such patterns in Russian. The stress can fall on any syllable. Moreover, it can change in word forms. Therefore, it is not always easy to correctly place stresses. Especially for a person who is not a native speaker.
Who is having difficulty?
Of course, a person who was born and raised among the native speakers of the literary Russian language, surrounded entirely by teachers, writers, university professors and other representatives of the intelligentsia, will never have big problems with stress. But are there many such people? Russia is huge, it is home to a large number of nationalities who communicate either in Surzhik or in their own dialects or languages. They have a hard time with literary speech.
And it is even more difficult for Russian-speaking people living outside of Russia, where the influence of other languages is strong. Well, of course, foreigners who come to the Russian Federation to work or for permanent residence often do not understand at all how to properly emphasize this or that word. After all, there are no norms that determine the regularity of its placement in the Russian language as such!
Way out
What should a person do who wants to make the right stress in words? How to put them in a particular case? If we are talking about a foreigner who moved to Russia, then communication with the indigenous population will help him (but not with loaders at the station, of course). You need to look for the relevant areas, listen and remember. Television and radio stations are of great help in this matter. As a rule, the media administration monitors the literacy of its staff.
People living outside the Russian Federation will need a spelling dictionary or reference book, where you can always check the correct pronunciation. In addition, today there are all sorts of programs and Internet resources that help you quickly master literary Russian.
But problems arise not only among the above categories of citizens. Indigenous Russians, who by and large know how to speak correctly, also sometimes face a dilemma and do not know how to place the correct stress in words. How to put them correctly, for example, in foreign terms? Often there are difficulties with words that used to be pronounced this way, but now they are pronounced differently ... There are not many of them at all - about a few dozen. But some are so deeply ingrained in their delusion that even a professor of linguistics may have some doubts!
Correct stress in words: how to correctly stress the word "ringing"?
Perhaps the most textbook example of mispronunciation is the word "ringing". No matter how hard the teachers try, no matter how much the comedians ridicule the ignorant, the mistake in the mouths of the people continues to live on. Well, our population does not want to learn by heart how to correctly stress the word “ringing”!
Perhaps this is due to the fact that in many literary works, old films, etc., the pronunciation of this word did not meet modern standards. And linguists are even thinking about whether they should meet the masses and correct the rule? But so far this has not happened (and it is not known whether this will be done in the future), and it is necessary to put the accent in the word “ringing” correctly. It falls on the second syllable. And nothing else.
curd problem
Often there are difficulties with the word "cottage cheese". Some pronounce it with an emphasis on the first "o", others - on the second ... And there is a historical explanation for this. Because the term for this fermented milk product was pronounced differently at different times.
In the dictionaries of the nineteenth century, the norm is fixed, where the stress is the second syllable. And the famous linguist Dal insists on the first. Over the past century, people stubbornly used both options, and in the end, linguists agreed that in the case of the word "cottage cheese", the correct stress would not be fixed. True, in principle, is considered one type of pronunciation, and another. Both "o" can be stressed.
Only concerns Everyday life. And in official speeches by politicians, speeches by journalists, etc., it is preferable to use "cottage cheese" with an emphasis on the second syllable.
These words must be learned
In addition to the two above, in Russian there are a number of words in the pronunciation of which mistakes are traditionally made. The following is a list of correct accents that you just need to memorize.
- Airport - stress on the fourth syllable.
- Pamper - on the last syllable.
- Include - stress on the second syllable.
- Development - on the second syllable.
- Money - stress on the second syllable.
- The contract is on the last syllable.
- Absolutely - stress on the second syllable.
- Blinds - on the last syllable.
- Clog - stress on the second syllable.
- Stroke - on the second syllable.
- Catalog - stress on the last syllable.
- Quarter - on the last syllable.
- More beautiful - stress on the second syllable.
- Providing - stress on the third syllable.
- Lighten - on the last syllable.
- On Wednesdays, the stress is on the last syllable.
- Having accepted - on the second syllable.
- Beet - stress on the first syllable.
- Plum - on the first syllable.
- Cakes - stress on the first syllable.
- Phenomenon - on the second syllable.
- Intercession - stress on the second syllable.
- Scoop - on the first syllable.
- Sorrel - stress on the second syllable.
This list can be titled as follows: "Speak correctly - put stress in the right places" - and hang it over your desk. Or over the bed to repeat at bedtime. Or on the bathroom mirror to start every morning smartly. For a quick effect, it is advisable not only to read the words to yourself, but also to pronounce them out loud. And loud. And several times. It will take only a couple of weeks (and for someone, maybe even days), and the correct pronunciation will harmoniously fit into oral speech. The main thing is desire, just a little effort - and everything will work out!
Stress in Russian, unlike, for example, French or Polish, is free. It can fall on any part of the word: be at its beginning, stem or end. Therefore, difficulties with its correct placement can be not only for those for whom Russian is foreign, but also for native speakers.
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Difficulties and annoying mistakes
Almost every person experienced uncertainty about how to properly stress a particular word. IN - words with movable stress. This means that its placement can change when the word form changes.
Therefore, people often doubt how to pronounce: FROM AIRPORT OR AIRPORT, directory or directory, cakes or cakes, clog or clog - that is, put the stress on the second or third syllable. In words, doused and turn on at the end or at the base? The list of doubts goes on.
A textbook example of an ingrained error in the masses is phrase you pr A you who persist in saying you are right, or calls instead of ringing. In official speeches, reports, etc. often instead of contract, you can hear the contract. You can make a list of office and stationery» words that are incorrectly pronounced by quite literate people, moreover, in their own mother tongue. Mistakes are repeated, fixed and become typical.
Correct speech says a lot about degree of education of a person, professionalism, intelligence and personal qualities. How to avoid annoying mistakes?
What to do?
How to put stress on borrowed words x in languages with static stress is easy to remember, since there is a single rule of orthoepy. For example, in French, firmly established in our everyday life: blinds, chassis, coupe, - the stress always falls on the last syllable.
In Russian, there is a single rule about how to put stress in "difficult" words, absent. Of course, how to check the correct accent with orthoepic dictionary, everyone knows. For reference, you can use both electronic and paper versions. But not everyone knows that there are other methods. They can not only check word stress, but also to fix in memory correct pronunciation.
You can check the correct stress using the spelling dictionary.
Memory is different
Specialists highlight different types memory. Each of them plays a role in the formation of human literacy:
- Visual memory will help preserve the visual image. Correct stress, highlighted with a bright marker, will be remembered for sure. The list can be hung both at home and in the office.
- Always putting the emphasis correctly in "difficult" cases will help auditory memory. To do this, you need to say the words aloud several times or even sing them. The arrangement will "settle" in memory. After all, it is no coincidence that the lines of hits are so easy to remember.
- speech motor memory with the help of physical organs of speech will help to remember , how to put the correct stress in a particular case. The word must be clearly pronounced aloud several times. Muscle memory will store the pattern of the movement made.
Attention! All methods of memorization are based on certain types of human memory. Usually, each person is dominated by some particular type of memory. Therefore, it is important to know which memory is most developed in you.
Memorization methods
Always in sight
Easier to remember words correct accent accompanied by funny pictures. They can be printed or drawn and kept in a conspicuous place.
Words with the correct stress of frequently used words business you can include in such a list and hang at home or in the office:
- rolled ABOUT G;
- including AND T;
- virgins E lopment;
- provide E chenie;
- quart A l;
- move A Thainess;
- prin I V;
- on Wednesdays A m;
- money A mi;
- great danes ABOUT R.
Before a speech or report, it is enough for the owner of the list to run through the list with his eyes, and in the word the stress on the last syllable will be deposited in the memory.
Correct word stress.
Attention! Competent public speech with thoughtful construction logic, correct pronunciation and intonation will make the desired impression on the audience.
funny rhymes
arrangement syllabic stress very important for the formation of poetic rhyme. Therefore, rhyme can be used to determine, in case of doubt, the stress that is the norm. In most cases, rhymed verses will help determine the stress in words.
funny memory rhymes – good way remember how to pronounce the words that cause difficulties. For example:
- My blouse is off A, it turned out that it wasn't.
- I will go to Courchevel to eat shchav there E l.
- I drank in a hurry A and poured water A sing!
- The one who loves ABOUT mouths, don't wear shorts!
- If you are with money A we are going to Miami!
- I took into account our agreement and drew up a dog ABOUT R!
- Little came today I r, and yesterday the table came I R.
- Oh! Just look: on my wall - graff AND you!
- My ears are ringing or someone is ringing to me AND T?
- He was tired and sat on a stump, tightened his rem E n.
As can be seen from the funny rhymes, it is not at all difficult to determine the normative stress in "insidious" words. Similar verses for memory training can be found on the Internet, in specialized literature, or you can come up with your own. This easy way of remembering is often used by graduates when passing the Russian language.
Funny rhymes like emoticons
Stories to remember
Get rid of doubts about correct accents short stories will help. For example, to remember what is removed in a word A the correct stress is placed on the last syllable, we come up with a plot: the thing is quickly removed because not TA. The consonance of the main (in which the stress is problematic) and the auxiliary word helps to remember the stressed syllable. In addition, the figurative-plot series is also included in the work of memory.
Another option is to present a story-picture. For example: "We draw THAT I sew THAT flu." Thus it is easy to remember that the stressed syllable in the word "t At flask" - " THAT».
Emphasis on words. How right?
We learn to put stress in a word. Literacy education
Conclusion
Sometimes even educated people encounter stress problems: they make mistakes or are not quite sure of right choice your option. Simple and available ways will help to get rid of these doubts forever.
