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Rose is right and George is wrong /«r\¨z îz raît Æ \n «Êø…Ê îz `rÅN/ ' Tell me: is he married? / `tel mi Æ îz i 'mærid/ That’s what it is / `∂æts wÅt ît îz/ That’s what it is /«∂æts wÅt ît `îz/
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What are you up to? /«wÅt \ ju `√p tu/ They’re (are) arriving soon /∂e\r \«raîvîN `su…n/ • The strong form /å…/ is used in exposed position and when accented, e.g. (i) I’m sure they are /aîm `ßø… ∂eî å…/ (ii) We aren’t ready yet, are we? /wi «å…nt `redi jet Æ `å… wi/
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was /w\z/ She was brilliant /ßi w\z `brîlj\nt/ • The strong form /wÅz/ is used when stranded and when accented, e.g. (i) I wonder what it was /aî `w√nd\ wÅt ît wÅz/ (ii) I wonder what it was /aî «w√nd\ wÅt ît `wÅz/
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were /w\/ We were pleased with it /wi w\ `pli…zd wî∂ ît/ • The strong form /wé…/ is used when stranded and when accented, e.g. (i) Nervous? I suppose we were / 'né…v\s Æ aî s\ `p\¨z wi wé…/ (ii) Nervous? I suppose we were / 'né…v\s Æ aî s\«p\¨z wi `wé…/
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have /h\v/ (in initial position or after a pause) /\v/ (not in initial position and not after V) /v/ (after V) Have you decided? /h\v ju dî 'saîdîd/ I could have sent you an e-mail /aî k¨d \v «sentßu \n `i…meîl/ They’ve been cheated /∂eîv bi…n `êi…tîd/ The weak forms described are used when have is used as an auxiliary verb (i.e. Sp. haber), and sometimes with the meaning of have got (i.e. Sp. tener ) with an object which is not a pronoun. • The strong form /hæv/ is used in exposed position and when accented, as in (i). The strong form is preferred when have means tener, as in (ii), and is the only The 37 essential weak-form words. H. Ortiz Lira. UMCE, USACH. 2008. Page 13