Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 |
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[^1]: a plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae". I will be using the fist version as it's more inline with english plural rules
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+[*mora]: hehe
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## Phrase
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A phrase is part of a sentence with distinct meanign and gramatical function, which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.