In ‘amended’, ‘men’ is the stressed syllable the ‘a’ and the ‘ded’ at the end are unstressed ‘a. men. ded’ and this is important because a lot of non-native speakers tend to either stress too many of the syllables in those words or they stress the wrong syllables. In multi-syllable words, the stress falls on one of the syllables. the other syllables tend to be spoken quickly. this leads to sounds that are not clear (muted) on unstressed syllables. in order to improve your pronunciation, focus on pronouncing the stressed syllable clearly. Em is the stressed syllable in the word, and the other two are unstressed. you could argue that size has a secondary stress, but the general rule is, only one syllable in a word has the primary stress. when i was a little kid i could how to stress a syllable never say the word "aluminum" properly. let's see if we can work it out by syllables. get ready to shout again!. Stress In Latin Syllables Thoughtco Take a look at how we stress wo...