Buying or ordering cakes for birthdays, weddings and other celebrations is a national tradition in many countries. But to think about how to correctly: "cakes" or "cake" is the task of lovers of the Russian language.
Accentological norms are reflected in dictionaries. Using them, we will make sure once again: the correct stress is “TORTS”. Remember this word and discuss why we should say that.
Does it really matter?
No matter how customers say the word "cakes," wherever they put emphasis, they will not leave the confectionery empty-handed. No one will tell them how to say this word. What for? After all, the task will be solved already. They will receive masterpieces of culinary art in any case.
Is it really right - “cakes” or “cake”, is essential only in the exam, when the accentological minimum is checked?
It is important to consider a circumstance that may affect your career. If you have to communicate with professionals who speak the language very well, then speech errors will surprise them and even cause a kind of concern. Although they won’t lose their temper on this occasion, they’re not so rare in recognizing that “tarts”, “cream”, “beets”, “contract”, “ring” cut the rumor.
When working with people, your task is to speak as correctly as possible. In this way, you show respect for them. The employer wants to hire a competent manager. And this applies not only to publishing, advertising, information activities. The report, report, communication must be correct both in written and verbal form. There are no trifles.
Accentological norms
Not only the spelling of the word, but also the stress in it are fixed by the rules of the Russian language.
Linguists pay special attention to the development and change of these norms. New dictionaries reflect well-established but relevant usage. Words can become obsolete, change meaning, and stress.
Accentology is a field of linguistics that explores not only the modern features of the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in words, but also the historical roots and types of this or that pronunciation. Types of fixed and free, as well as various stresses in languages are compared.
The emphasis in words is indeed mixed, but fixed by the rules. Let's say “tworog” and “curd”.
But there will be a definite answer to the question of how the stress of “cakes” is correct: only the first syllable. The stress is fixed single. The "cake-ov" variant is vernacular, erroneous for competent speech.
Always on the first syllable
The word “cake” would be nice to decline in the singular and plural cases, paying attention to the errors that sometimes occur in speech.
So, it will be correct:
- Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake.
- CAKES, CAKES, CAKES, CAKES, CAKES, CAKES.
Obviously, the stressed O in the first syllable has not gone anywhere! Now you have no doubt about the right way - “cakes” or “cake”? Say what is written aloud, listen to how it sounds. This will help to avoid inaccuracies the next time.
From the point of view of theorists, this word refers to words with a fixed stress. Compare with the mobile: "coast - coast", "city - city", "nose - noses." But the “cake” will remain at its stress in all cases of the singular and plural.
Common mistakes
Yes, the word "cottage cheese" was more fortunate. Buy "tvrog" and "tvorog".
And some people continue to stubbornly ignore the fixed single stresses in the words “ringing”, “pamper”, “deepen”, “sheet”. The prevalence of errors leads to the fact that even educated people cease to think, what is right - "cakes" or "cake"?
What words are pronounced universally in colloquial form by native speakers of the Russian language? Note that "shops, associate professors, portfolios" with the wrong emphasis are in the past. But “beets, sorrel, masterfully, drills, more beautiful” and dozens of words get along well with the wrong stressed syllable.
Retraining adults is not easy, and not always necessary. Helping children remember the correct stress is much easier.
How to remember stress
We have already used one of the effective ways to memorize the stress: they declined the word "cake" in singular and plural forms. We understood that the stressed syllable is fixed.
Another method is associations. The word "cake" also has a fixed stress: "cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake". In this case, no one is ever mistaken. It is necessary to fix the connection between the "cake" and the "cake". Then the question of how to correctly - “cakes” or “cake”, will not be.
Educators suggest remembering a word in verse. There are many options that are easy to cure.
"There are no cakes,
We have to go to the courts. "
Or:
"If you like cakes,
Do not fit shorts. "
Let's play in the burim
The rhyme for the word "cakes" is not so small. "Shorts, courts, erased" - quite fit. Shouldn't we play the burim? "Poetry" will bring tangible benefits. Active memorization of the word is guaranteed.
Not only on a long journey or while waiting for an appointment at the clinic, such entertainment is appropriate. To unite with children in a fun and useful game is a great opportunity to solve two problems at once: both educational and educational. It's even nicer than eating cakes. Who doesn’t like to play?