4. Intonation of Congratulations and Surprise.
When we want to show the big surprise we should say Never! with RF. Be careful of the pronunciation: the 1st part of Never! is quite short, but the second part is longer. When it is not such a big surprise, it is enough to say Really with HWR. Of course, you can also show surprise like echo-question with HNR. if we want to congratulate smb with smth we can use such fraises as Well done! or Good for you! with HF.
5. Intonation of Sympathy and Reassurances.
If the news is not so good we usually say I’m sorry to hear that with LR or That is the bad luck with FR on is to express sympathy. Reassurances are all those words and expressions that make the other person more comfortable, less worried for example Don’t worry, Never mind, There’s no hurry, It’s quite easy, It only takes a minute, That’s enough with LR. When you are afraid it might hurt smb can say It won’t hurt, if you are afraid it might take a long time It won’t take late or if you want to tell everyone you will not be long: I won’t be long with LR. Very often, reassurances use the word only with HF on it. And in fraise with only there is more than reassurance, there is a bit of impatience, too.
6. Intonation of Yes/No questions.
There are 3 patterns of intonation for general questions: 1)HPr+MR or MWR to make shorter, lightlier; 2)HSt+Mr or MWR for serious questions; 3) MR on a nuclear word. When we want to ask a person just the same question as he asked the stress can be moved to another word (even to pronoun). Of course, your answer could be short, only auxiliary verb and pronoun with MWR, but it is not the echo-question, which is written in the same way, but sound quite different. When we want to check that smth is as it is assumed, we use FR. When we want to know some more new information about the fact we knew before using the word too we ask question which has 2 separate intonation group. It takes the same intonation as the previous part of the sentence, but of a lower variety. We can use HNR in short questions to express surprise, if we want to win time we use short echo-questions. We use HF for offers, suggestions and invitations. In alternative questions we use MWR+HF. If there is no a pitch then in nuclear part the 1st tone is HWR. If there is a series of questions all of the same form then the 1st one rises and the others fall. But even in these cases the rising intonation is often used for every question. It doesn’t really matter.
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