вопрос, сомнение, проблема, дело, спрашивать, сомневаться, допрашивать
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- вопрос
- проблема, дело, обсуждаемый вопрос
- (парламентское) предложение
a question before the House — предложение в палате 
the previous question — предложение о прекращении прений и переходе к обсуждению
to pop the question — сделать /внести/ предложение
to put the question — ставить на голосование
- сомнение; возражение
- допрос, следствие
to call smb. in question — подвергать кого-л. допросу, допрашивать кого-л.; отдавать кого-л. под суд
- ист. пытка
to put smb. to the question — подвергать кого-л. пытке, пытать кого-л.
глагол ↓
- спрашивать, задавать вопросы; расспрашивать
he questioned me closely about what I had seen — он подробно расспросил меня о том, что я видел
- допрашивать; опрашивать
to question a witness — допрашивать свидетеля
- подвергать сомнению, сомневаться, ставить под вопрос
to question a decision — сомневаться в правильности решения
to question smb.’s right to smth. — ставить под сомнение чьё-л. право на что-л.
he never questioned her being twenty-one — ему и в голову не приходило сомневаться в том, что ей 21 год
to question the truth of his story — не быть уверенным в правдивости его рассказа
I question whether he is right — я не уверен, что он прав
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
to divine the answer to a question — предугадать ответ на вопрос
a flip answer to serious question — легкомысленный ответ на серьёзный вопрос
a glib response to a complex question — поверхностный ответ на сложный вопрос
to duck away from a question — увиливать от вопроса
question! — а) ближе к делу! (обращение председателя собрания к выступающему, если последний отклоняется от обсуждаемого вопроса); б) это ещё вопрос!
ask no questions and you will be told no lies — посл. не задавай вопросов и не услышишь лжи
Примеры с переводом
Reply to the question.
Отвечай на вопрос.
I need to ask a question.
Мне нужно задать вопрос.
It’s true beyond question.
Вне всякого сомнения, это правда.
Are you questioning what I’m saying?
Вы ставите мои слова под сомнение?
What a dumb question.
Что за тупой вопрос. / Какой глупый вопрос.
This question puzzles me.
Этот вопрос ставит меня в тупик.
Answer question number 4.
Ответьте на вопрос номер четыре.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…let us propound the question whether mercy killing should ever be an option… 
…a dank and uncongenial castle that makes one question just how merry old England really was…
…a longtime familiar of the bar, she would most likely have been there on the night in question…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
quest — поиск, поиски, дознание, искомый предмет, искать, разыскивать, производить поиски
questionable — сомнительный, подозрительный, пользующийся плохой репутацией
questioner — корреспондент, интервьюер, тот, кто спрашивает
questionless — бесспорный, несомненный, бесспорно, несомненно
questioning — допрос, вопрошающий
questionary — анкета
Формы слова
noun
ед. ч.(singular): question
мн. ч.(plural): questions
TRANSCRIPT
Hey everyone, it’s Hadar, and this is The Accent’s Way. And today we’re gonna talk about the question: how to pronounce the word ‘question’? It’s pretty simple as long as we remember that it’s not pronounced the way it’s written because English is not a phonetic language.
So, this word has two syllables. And in every word there is one syllable that sticks out the most. It is longer, louder, and higher in pitch. And in this case it’s the first syllable – “kwes” “kwes”. We begin with a ‘k’ sound. Then it’s a ‘w’, round your lips for a ‘W’. Then the ‘eh’ as in ‘red’ – “kwe”. And then you end it up with an ‘S’ – “kwes” “kwes”. Just like the word ‘quest’ – “kwes”. That’s the first syllable.
The second syllable begins with a ‘ch’ sound as in ‘chicken’. Right? I know it’s spelled with a ‘T’ but we do want to pronounce that as a “ch”. “Ch”, “ch”, “ch”. Then we reduce to a schwa – “chuh” “chuh” – and then close it with an ‘N’ – “ch’n” “ch’n”. “Kwes-ch’n”. Tah-tah. Question. Question. “Hey, I have a question.” “Do you have any questions?” “Can I ask you a question?”
Now, you might be hearing people pronouncing this word more with a ‘sh’ sound, like “kwesh-t’n”. “Kwesh-t’n”. That’s also okay but I would focus on the accurate pronunciation with a ‘s’ sound – “kwes-ch’n”.
All right, that’s it. Thank you so much for watching. Please share this video with your friends if you liked it. And if you have any questions for me, let me know in the comments below. Have a great week and I’ll see you next week in the next video. Bye.
/ˈkwestʃən/ or /ˈkwesʃən/ or both?
The dictionary says that it should be pronounced like «kwes+chun», but our teacher says «kwes-shun», and insists that both pronunciations are acceptable. He does the same for «suggestion». Is that really true?
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asked Feb 5, 2018 at 7:54
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I’m a native english speaker with a slight east London accent. I pronounce it kwes-chun, as do most people I work with.
I have only heard question pronounced kwes-shun after the speaker has consumed vast amounts of alcohol and is slurring their words. Additionally, posher accents are more clipped and it can sound like kwes-tee-un, same as kwes-chun but with less «ch».
answered Feb 5, 2018 at 11:41
In all standard dialects of English, question is pronounced /ˈkwɛs tʃən/.
The closest case to pronouncing question with the sh-sound rather than the ch would be how some speakers drop the t-sound in actual so it’s pronounced /ˈæk ʃu əl/. This is simply one unvoiced stop (t) assimilating to another (k).
Speakers of AAVE (African American Vernacular English) often drop final-t in words like breakfast, so if quest is pronounced ques’, then que-shun shouldn’t be far behind.
Be that as it may, the standard pronunciation of question still obtains, regardless of what you’re teacher says, and it isn’t /ˈkwɛs ʃən/ or /ˈkwɛ ʃən/.
answered Feb 5, 2018 at 12:26
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#1
Hello,
I’ve always been curious how you tend to pronounce the word «question».
Is it:
a) /kwesʧən/ /ʧ/ as in cheap
b) /kwe∫ən/ /∫/ as in sheep
c) /kwestjən/
?
I assume that only the first one falls into the category of Standard English.
PS I’m particulary interested in your comments as far as «c» is concerned.
Thank you!
Last edited: Aug 27, 2009
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#2
There is no ‘c’ in question, dear audio. I don’t pronounce anything in IPA, but when I say it it sounds like quest followed by shun.
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#3
When I say it, it sounds like ques’ chin
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#4
There is no ‘c’ in question, dear audio.
Am I too sober to misunderstand your point? I meant version «c», one of the three I provided.
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#5
I’d consider c to be the «correct» pronunciation but a more likely in «joined up» speech
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#6
dictionary.com has it this way
/ˈkwɛstʃən/ IPA
‘kwes-chuhn’ spelled pronunciation.
Last edited: Aug 27, 2009
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dictionary.com has it this way
/ˈkwɛstʃən/ IPA
‘kwes-chuhn’ spelled pronunciation.
Yes, I know that Standard English suggests using the /tʃ/ version, but I’ve heard some BrE speakers pronouncing the word with /ʃ/ or /tj/.
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#8
dictionary.com has it this way
/ˈkwɛstʃən/ IPA
‘kwes-chuhn’ spelled pronunciation.
That’s how I say it
/ˈkwɛʃən/ ~ reserved for the very drunk.
/ˈkwɛstjən/ ~ reserved for … erm … the excessively punctilious.
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#9
Kwest-yun — but then people tell me I have a posh accent sometimes.
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#10
Hello,
I’ve always been curious how you tend to pronounce the word «question».
Is it:
a) /kwesʧən/ /ʧ/ as in cheap
b) /kwe∫ən/ /∫/ as in sheep
c) /kwestjən/
?I assume that only the first one falls into the category of Standard English.
PS I’m particulary interested in your comments as far as «c» is concerned.
Thank you!
For me, the correct pronunciation is the first one ( a ) , but I´ve heard the sound as in «c» in NorthernIreland,UK
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#11
I think that it’s common for the word to lose its ch sound in fast speech. I woudn’t say it’s a token of poor education, but just one of the many common English slurrings. However, it is true that the pronunciation given by dictionary.com is the normal one in careful speech.
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#12
East Texas born/raised
[kʷɛs.tʃn] or rurally [kʷɛstʃɪn] from my experience
my grandfather usually made the last [ɪ] into more of a [ə].
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#13
Yes, I’ve heard /kwestjən/ but is not my own pronunciation. I’d expect the person to also have the same last syllable for ‘Christian’, and maybe /seksjuəl/ for ‘sexual’ and /lItrətjuə/ for ‘literature’.
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#14
I’ve heard some people (no, not many, but all of them natives) saying «ques-tyon», instead of typical «ques-chon».
How typical is it in other parts of the country, or in the UK?
Is it possibly people trying to use «look at me, I am so well educated» pronunciation?
Is it considered correct?
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#15
Mod note: I have merged morzh’s thread with an earlier one.Morzh — have a look at the comments above. If they don’t answer your questions, please feel free to put in further comments.
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#16
#14. Many people from Jamaica, if not most, say quest-yon, or something very similar. Perhaps some people from the South may say it too, but they may be of Jamaican origin, or simply like it.
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#17
Perhaps some people from the South may say it too, but they may be of Jamaican origin, or simply like it.
You can’t get more definitive or categorical than that, folks.
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#18
Yes, there’s a huge Jamaican population in Alabama and Mississippi…. a population of huge Jamaicans, that is. They’ve intimidated everyone into speaking with a Jamaican accent.
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#19
Oh, now I see — this white PhD guy who was our software engineer, and who walked around singing some classics (he was classically trained singer too….)…he was a Jamaican.
I guess he went Michael Jackson on his face, and cut his dreadlocks, wearing a rug that gave him a fair-hair-bold-in-the-middle look.
Otherwise I don’t see why he was saying «ques-tyon».
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#20
Oh, now I see — this white PhD guy who was our software engineer, and who walked around singing some classics (he was classically trained singer too….)…he was a Jamaican.
I guess he went Michael Jackson on his face, and cut his dreadlocks, wearing a rug that gave him a fair-hair-bold-in-the-middle look.
There are white Jamaicans, but you must be being sarcastic.
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#21
Jamaican English has a lot of British English elements, so maybe some British people speak like that as well. I am not really an expert on Jamaican, but I had a Jamaican friend in College, and she spoke like that. Also Bob Marley, uses the Jamaican endings. -tion, like in salvation, and things like that, question being among them.
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#22
Jamaican English has a lot of British English elements, so maybe some British people speak like that as well. I am not really an expert on Jamaican, but I had a Jamaican friend in College, and she spoke like that. Also Bob Marley, uses the Jamaican endings. -tion, like in salvation, and things like that, question being among them.
Jamaicans tend to say : kwes- tyan or kwes-chyan and salvai-shan when ‘a’ in the ending is similar to the Spanish short ‘a’. But I think this pronunciation is very Jamaican and not English, although there are parts of Ireland that sound like
a middle-class Kingstonian accent. Jamaica has several accents really.
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#23
I thought I would add to this (somewhat) recent thread instead of starting a new one.
I am curious how many people pronounce this word (and others like it) with a final [-ʃtn̩], or how common this pronunciation is.
Perhaps it is one peculiarity of my speech, but I never get funny looks when I use this pronunciation. I have this same pattern for Sebastian.
JE
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#24
You’d get a funny look from me, Juan ~ if I noticed it
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#25
Juan, you mean you would drop the schwa /ə/ and put the /t/ instead? Well, it doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue, does it? I’m unable to pronounce it, in a way that wouldn’t sound ludicrous. That’s very curious, would you care to elaborate?
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#26
Are you sure you mean [-ʃtn̩] rather than [-tʃn]?
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#27
Are you sure you mean [-ʃtn̩] rather than [-tʃn]?
That’s what I thought of, too. Seems more plausible (and a lot easier to pronounce).
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#28
Are you sure you mean [-ʃtn̩] rather than [-tʃn]?
I’ve never heard the latter, only the former.
Juan, is your question whether people pronounce the «i» or omit it, or is it whether people pronounce the «o» or omit it? Or does it have to do with the pronunciation of the «s»?
Last edited: Feb 8, 2013
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#29
I’ve never heard the latter, only the former.
It strikes me as rather difficult to pronounce the /t/ when it’s immediately after /ʃ/. Quite apart from the fact that it doesn’t really roll of the tongue, it certainly sounds a tiny bit odd.
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#30
«Question» is one of the trickier words for me. I’ve put several hours into this question whether you can believe it or not.
My current «simplest form» result is /kwɛstʃən/ though I tend to feel more comfortable with /kwɛstʃʲən/ or /kwɛʃtʃən/ or /kwɛʃtʃʲən/. /kwɛstʃən/ has a distinct feeling of missing something to me. I tend to wonder where the «yɪn» went with that one.
I find it very informative to say ‘ques/pɪn’ a few times, then morph that into ‘ques/tʃin’. The s in quespin in like the s in quest, very smooth, but I find it hard to naturally maintain that exact same s sound in to ‘ques/tʃɪn’ — it starts the become a more turbulent sh toward the direction of ʃ but not reach it. I’d like to know what sound it is, it could be just sʲ.
Last edited: Dec 3, 2014
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