entonasyon
entonasyón with stress marks
intonation
Usage Note
Entonasyon comes from Spanish entonación and is a linguistic and musical term referring to the rise and fall of pitch in speech or singing. Tagalog itself has meaningful pitch contrasts, making entonasyon a practically relevant concept that comes up in both language teaching and choir practice.
Examples
" Maganda ang iyong entonasyon. "
Natural Translation
Your intonation is good.
Literal Translation
Good the your intonation.
" Mahalaga ang entonasyon sa pag-awit para maintindihan ng manonood ang mensahe. "
Natural Translation
Intonation is important in singing so that the audience can understand the message.
Literal Translation
Important the intonation in-the singing so-that can-understand of-the audience the message.
" Kahit tama ang lahat ng salita, mahirap pa ring maintindihan ang tinuran kung mali ang entonasyon ng nagsasalita. "
Natural Translation
Even if all the words are correct, it is still hard to understand what was said if the speaker's intonation is wrong.
Literal Translation
Even-if correct the all of word, hard still to-understand the said if wrong the intonation of speaker.
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