Serious has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't be so serious!" "I think that sometimes one needs to be serious." | |
| 2. | "Are you serious?" "I'm absolutely serious." | |
| 3. | "Are you serious about getting married?" "I don't know, Mary, are you serious?" | |
| 4. | "Surely, you can't be serious?" "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." | |
| 5. | No serious North African linguist considers Kabyle as a language on its own. In fact, all serious linguists consider Kabyle as a Berber dialect. | |
| 6. | It's not serious, I don't bear him a grudge. | |
| 7. | You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation. | |
| 8. | Let's have a serious talk about your future. | |
| 9. | I felt ill and was admitted to the hospital, but in the event, it was nothing serious. | |
| 10. | How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter. |