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video we are going to learn how to use intonation in english specifically we're going to talk about
falling intonation or low intonation which is very important part of using intonation in english
so first let's talk about this what is intonation it is the natural rise and fall of language
a lot of different languages use intonation to convey different meanings with whatever they're
asking or whatever they're trying to say and it is necessary to use intonation especially in english
intonation can help you understand the mood of the conversation and it can help
you understand if someone is finished speaking or if someone asked a question to you
there are actually three kinds of intonation in english and they are high intonation
middle intonation and low intonation english speech naturally uses all three tones
sometimes you might hear the word monotone and monotone means that the speaker only uses one tone
usually the middle or the flat tone it's also important to understand
that intonation is different from word stress word stress focuses on only one word and we'll
talk about word stress in an upcoming video intonation is the natural rise and fall
of speech in a sentence and let's focus on falling intonation in the rest of today's video
so what is falling intonation falling intonation is when your voice falls to a low pitch
at the end of a statement or usually at the end of a statement
and it's very important to know and understand what does falling intonation communicate
it communicates certainty you are telling a fact or you believe that you are right
or correct it also communicates completion you are done speaking or finished with the statement
and the other speaker in the conversation can respond to you so let's go ahead and let's look
at an example of falling intonation here's a sentence john plays guitar
he began playing guitar in middle school he currently owns one guitar
you can see here that guitar uses
falling intonation because it is a complete statement john plays guitar
in the next sentence the final word school also has falling intonation because it is another
complete statement or fact he began playing guitar in middle school
and the final sentence guitar also uses falling intonation again he currently owns one guitar
it's very important to pay attention to the final word in each sentence
in the first and third sentences the word guitar has two syllables
so the falling intonation happens on the final syllable guitar guitar
school has one syllable so the falling intonation happens smoothly school
school alright everyone that's our video for today make sure that you like this video if
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