How correctly to speak "calls"?
Literate speech is not only trueword usage, but the correct pronunciation of words. Many words in Russian cause difficulties in stating the stress. For example, how correctly to speak "calls"? very often this word is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable: zvonit. However, it is true to pronounce this word and its derivatives only with an accent on the second syllable: ringing, ringing, ringing. It is this pronunciation that is considered correct and competent. And this statement of stress is explained by the rule of orthoepy.
In Russian there is a group of verbs,terminating in -it-in, in which the stress remains fixed in all personal forms, that is, falls on the ending. This group includes the verb "to call". Therefore, the personal forms of the given verb are pronounced with emphasis on the last syllable (more often - the ending):
- ring (undefined form);
- ringing (1 liter, unit hours);
- ringing (2 liters, unit of hour);
- ringing (3 liters, unit of hour);
- ringing (1 liter, plural hours);
- ring (2 liters, plural hours);
- ringing (3 liters, plural hours).
Sometimes in literature you can find poetic texts in which the word "rings" is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. For example:
Gently under the trembling of the angelic wings / Call the crosses of nameless graves (S. Yesenin). Such cases are explained by peculiarities of versification or by features of speech (use of dialectisms) of the author.
There is also an opinion that the verb "rings" withaccent on the last syllable is pronounced only in those cases when it comes to phone calls. This is a misconception. It does not matter in what context this word is used, the emphasis is always on the last syllable. The exception is only the derived word "ringing".
So according to the norms of the modern Russian literary language, it is correct to say "ringing":
- The phone rings in the bag.
- Every morning the old bell ringer rises up the rickety staircase and rings in the same old, shabby but still holocaust bell.