Strong and Weak Forma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words Strong Forms Weak Forms (quantitative reduc­tion, qualitative reduction, elision of sounds) Examples
Articles the flu îý + consonant "* lok at oa %bok
OiJ, oi, fli + vowel ad "* teik fli igvzsem
a ei + C* a + Ñ hiaz a 4leta
an sen + V* an + V hiaz an vsepl
Preposi­tions at zt at at ,ïýîò
from from fram fram tUndan
of DV av, v a ~* cfeAg av ,milk
to in ta + Ñ ~* spi:k ta da ,di:n
tu*, to + V ~*êëò to a kan^klicjn
into intic mta + Ñ "* êëò inta 0a, rum
into + V ~*pot it into axboks
for Ãý: + Ñ Ãà + Ñ "*êëò fa,ti:
far + V far + V "*êëò far a ,ta:k
Pro­nouns you ju-.ju, jo jua,ran
he ht hi', hi, i, hi hiz, frL