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minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 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-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 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-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 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”.