| 21. | I used the term " primary stress " basically to avoid this entire intricate technical discussion.
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| 22. | Heavy syllables without primary stress receive secondary stress:
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| 23. | The prefix-?? is omitted in past participles of verbs whose first syllable does not bear primary stress.
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| 24. | Primary stress in Q'anjob'al is fairly simple.
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| 25. | For verbs, primary stress falls on the ultimate syllable of the word, regardless of the syllable weight.
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| 26. | Primary stress falls on the final syllable, with secondary stress on every second syllable from the end.
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| 27. | However, secondary stress always precedes primary stress and clitics are never able to carry stress in Wandamen.
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| 28. | Primary stress generally occurs on the penultimate syllable of the word, with secondary stresses on alternating syllables.
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| 29. | Secondary stress may also occur on word-initial light syllables without primary stress, but further research is required.
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| 30. | The rules that determine which syllable receives the primary stress are quite complex and many words are irregular.
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