The difference between Indonesian and English stress

Indonesian VS English Stress

STRESS

Is the relative emphasis that may be

given to certain syllable in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or

sentence.

• The stress in Bahasa Indonesia wouldn’t change the meaning like in

“ Bahasa Batak Toba “ /bóntar/ artinya putih, dan /bentár/ artinya darah.

• Indonesian stress is on the word not in the syllable

The stress in Bahasa usually tends to emphasize the message that the speaker really want to convey, like in these examples :

• Adi membeli novel di toko buku.(yang membeli novel Adi, bukan orang lain)• Adi membeli novel di toko buku.

(Adi membeli novel, bukan membaca)• Adi membeli novel di toko buku.

(yang dibeli Adi novel bukan alat tulis)• Adi membeli novel di toko buku.

(Adi membeli novel di toko buku bukan di pasar)

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Title

• TextIndonesian

DIA memberiku hadiah kemarin

kamu PERGI semalam

KEMARIN paman datang

Here are some examples of Sentence Stress

Rules of Word Stress in English

There are two very simple rules about word stress:

1. One word has only one stress. (One word cannot have two stresses. If you hear two stresses, you hear two words. Two stresses cannot be one word. It is true that there can be a "secondary" stress in some words. But a secondary stress is much smaller than the main [primary] stress, and is only used in long words.)

• 2. We can only stress vowels, not consonants.• •

• 3. Stress is dynamic ( the stress can easily replace as it means )

look at this : Photograph ( stress is on Pho )

PhotoGRAPhic ( stress is on GRAP )

PhoTOgrapher ( stress is on TO )

4. Stress can replace if it is put togetherly with the contrast

- The impoLite ( Li )

- Polite and Impolite ( Im )

5. English stress is on the syllable

Here are some more, rather complicated, rules that can help you understand where to put the stress.

Rule Example

Most 2-syllable nouns PRESent, EXport, CHIna, TAble

2-syllable adjectives PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy

1. Stress on first syllable

• 2. Stress on last syllable

Rule Example

Most 2-syllable verbs

to preSENT, to exPORT, to deCIDE, to beGIN

3. Stress on penultimate syllable (penultimate = second from end)

Rule Example

Words ending in -ic GRAPHic, geoGRAPHic, geoLOGic

Words ending in -sion and -tion teleVIsion, reveLAtion

For a few words, native English speakers don't always "agree" on where to put the stress.

For example, some people say teleVIsion and others say TELevision. Another example is:

CONtroversy and conTROversy.

• 4 Stress on ante-penultimate syllable (ante-penultimate = third from end)

Rule Example

Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy

deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy

Words ending in -al CRItical, geoLOGical

• 5 Compound words (words with two parts)

Rule Example

For compound nouns, the stress is on the first part

BLACKbird, GREENhouse

For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part

bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned

For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part

to underSTAND, to overFLOW

The Differences of StressIn Indonesian Stress is not important enough Every syllable has a relatively the same

degree The place of stress depends on the meaningThe stress can be put anywhere without

changing the meaning

In English Stress is PhonemicEach word has its own stress patternStress plays an important role a wrong placement of

stress may change the part of speech of that word

The Similarities of

stress

The greatest stress is usually placed in the word which the speaker thinks is the most important

Sources :

• http://pesisirjurnalis.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/tekanan-intonasi-dan-jeda-dalam-bahasa-indonesia/

• http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation/pronunciation%201.htm?zoom_highlight=word

• http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress-rules.htm

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