Questions vs. Statements: American English Pronunciation - Free Educational videos for Students in K-12

Questions vs. Statements: American English Pronunciation - By Rachel's English

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00:04	today , I'm going to talk about word stress and
00:08	questions versus statements in English . Statements generally tend to
00:14	go down and pitch throughout the phrase . I'll be
00:18	there by three . All is higher than three .
00:24	Questions , on the other hand , tend to go
00:26	up at the end . Have you seen Mary ?
00:30	Have you seen Mary ? Let's look at three phrases
00:34	that can be either questions or statements , for example
00:39	, you know what I mean ? This could be
00:41	a statement if you're talking to somebody and you're explaining
00:45	something , but you know that they understand maybe because
00:49	they've had the same experience . You might say ,
00:52	You know what I mean ? Statement . But if
00:55	you're talking and you want to make sure that the
00:57	person is understanding you , you might say , you
01:01	know what I mean , asking a question statement ,
01:05	you know what I mean ? You know what I
01:07	mean ? Voice goes down question . You know what
01:11	I mean ? You know what I mean ? Voice
01:15	goes up at the end . The simple word me
01:18	could be a question or a statement . Let's say
01:21	, for example , if you're with a group of
01:23	people and someone says who can help me tomorrow ,
01:26	you might volunteer and say me , me , me
01:31	voice goes down and pitch me . But let's say
01:35	the person who asked who can help me is staring
01:38	right at you . And you feel like , Are
01:40	they asking me ? Then you might say me Question
01:44	me , as in . Are you specifically asking me
01:49	to help me ? Statement me ? Question . See
01:56	you tomorrow . Let's say you're at work and you
01:58	know that you're going to be at work tomorrow .
02:00	And so is your colleague . When you part ways
02:03	you might say See you tomorrow Statement . But maybe
02:08	you're not sure that your colleague will be there .
02:10	Then you might say See you tomorrow . Question .
02:13	That would be like asking , Are you going to
02:16	be in tomorrow ? See you tomorrow . Statement .
02:20	See you tomorrow . Voice goes down Question . See
02:24	you tomorrow . Voice goes up at the end .
02:37	You know what I mean ? You know what I
02:40	mean ? Me , Me . See you tomorrow .
02:49	See you tomorrow . Now you will hear some phrases
02:54	you need to decide if it is a question or
02:56	a statement based on the word stress . You're coming
03:00	at three . You're coming at three question . I
03:06	am trying to confirm that this person will be coming
03:09	at three . You're coming at three . Voice goes
03:13	up at the end . He saw her yesterday .
03:17	He saw her yesterday . Statement . He saw her
03:23	yesterday . Voice goes down throughout the phrase . We're
03:28	going , We're going statement . We're going . Voice
03:35	goes down and pitch . We're going , We're going
03:42	. Question voice goes up in pitch . He hurt
03:46	her feelings . He hurt her feelings . Question voice
03:52	goes up the end . He hurt her feelings .
03:56	They said no . They said No statement . They
04:02	said No voice goes down and pitch throughout that phrase
04:07	. We'll see them Monday . We'll see them Monday
04:12	. Question voice goes up at the end . We'll
04:15	see them Monday .

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