When there is something that surprises you and you want to ask a question about it, you can express your surprise with a partial question. For example, Nuria and Joan are talking about some acquaintances that have a big loan in the bank. Joan tells Nuria that these guys have asked for more loans. Nuria is surprised and she asks how much money they owe now.
Núria: How much money do they owe? (I quants diners deuen?)
Listen again to the sentence you have just heard. Listen to the melody of the phrase: the voice tone raises at the last stressed syllable of the phrase (de-) and then lowers at the final syllable.
Now imagine that Nuria asks how much money they want as a loan. Listen and watch the example.
Now pronounce the sentence with the same intonation of a surprise. Imagine that you're talking to a friend. He says that when he was a child he went to the school where there were no chairs, no desks or benches. When he says this, you are very surprised. You ask "where did you sit?!" “I on sèieu?!”. After saying this, listen how to pronounce. After saying the sentence, listen how it should be pronounced.
Listen to these sentences and decide if the intonation is the same you heard in the sentence of the initial video.
Listen to these sentences and say if their intonation is appropriate for the context.