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minus-squareIndiBronylinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months ago8 and 20 got me. Honestly never used the word “intimate” in that context before. I don’t even know where the stress is. The latter of the two is “INtimate”, I’m assuming the former is “intiMATE”.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 months agoInti-mate and inti-met. In the first one mate is sounded like mate. The second one is probably the one you’re used to saying.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI believe the second half of the word is pronounced mate as you have written but the stress is still on the “IN”.
8 and 20 got me. Honestly never used the word “intimate” in that context before. I don’t even know where the stress is.
The latter of the two is “INtimate”, I’m assuming the former is “intiMATE”.
Inti-mate and inti-met.
In the first one mate is sounded like mate. The second one is probably the one you’re used to saying.
I believe the second half of the word is pronounced mate as you have written but the stress is still on the “IN”.