Re: Pinyin question

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Wiktor> Something that's irritiating me, because I can never
Wiktor> remember which is which. Same for kami/kami, ame/ame,
Wiktor> hashi/hashi/hashi...
>> And how come I can remember which is which: "object"/"object",
>> "suspect"/"suspect", "permit"/"permit"???

Peter> Because the rule is rather simple: in such pairs, nouns are
Peter> stressed on the first syllable, verbs on the second.

But "effect"/"effect", "result"/"result" and "return"/"return" do not
follow this simple rule. There is no simple rule.


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