Unless you speak Romanian, there the "ă" sound can be stressed and failing to do so makes a difference e.g. "cântăm" (we sing) vs "cântam" (I/we sang). As a foreigner I made this mistake and even though people will understand and even appreciate that you are trying to speak their language, it's "disturbing" to hear the wrong verbal tense.
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DieguiTux8623@feddit.it · 3 pts · 3y
Unless you speak Romanian, there the "ă" sound can be stressed and failing to do so makes a difference e.g. "cântăm" (we sing) vs "cântam" (I/we sang). As a foreigner I made this mistake and even though people will understand and even appreciate that you are trying to speak their language, it's "disturbing" to hear the wrong verbal tense.
lugal@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 3y
The joke is that many, if not most, English dialects merge /ʌ/ with schwa but insist that the sounds are different because schwa is never stressed
soda@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 3y