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Vocābāmus, Amīcōrum. What's the pronunciation and rule?

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I've just started learning (2 lectures in at uni), and I have some questions about accents and long/heavy syllables. The rule is, if the penult is long, accent that. But in my book (Swedish: Tidner, Latinsk Grammatik) there was the example of the two words in the title, where the antepenult is also long. I can't imagine it's pronounced Vocaabaamus, Amiicoorum, it's just too clunky and surely wouldn't have survived daily use. So, how are they pronounced, and what's the rule (or just maxim)...

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