> Here is a minimal pair to illustrate that point:
> Er hat in Moskau liebe Genossen.
> Er hat in Moskau Liebe genossen.
> which translates to:
> At Moskow, he¢s got dear comrades.
> At Moskow, he has enjoyed love.
A classical joke are those two newspaper header lines:
Der Gefangene floh
Der gefangene Floh
which translates to
The Prisoner Escaped
The Caught Flea
And in this case, the prosody in German is *exactly* the same.
Werner
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