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Secondary stress or half-stress sometimes occurs in longer words, but the important thing to remember is that the first syllable of a word must be stressed. This is especially important for words which are similar in Icelandic and English since it is very tempting to pronounce them as they are pronounced in English. | Secondary stress or half-stress sometimes occurs in longer words, but the important thing to remember is that the first syllable of a word must be stressed. This is especially important for words which are similar in Icelandic and English since it is very tempting to pronounce them as they are pronounced in English. | ||
Compare where the stress is in Icelandic versus English: | Compare where the stress is in Icelandic versus English: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!English Stress | |||
!Icelandic stress | |||
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|ban'''<u>a</u>'''na | |ban'''<u>a</u>'''na |