Re: [romanceconlang] Re: How shall I thank thee?

From: Barry Garcia (barry_garcia@csumb.edu)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 17:01:00 EST


romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
>Why is |xucrán| stressed on the /a/? I'm pretty sure that "shukran" in
>Arabic is stressed on the /u/.

Because Montreianos tend to stress closed final syllables.

Why do americans say /bu:ndaks/ instead of /bundok/?

It's a borrowed word for most montreianos.



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