Monday, October 20, 2008

Accent mark


If you follow the below simple rule pronunciation in spanish will be easy.

Condition Stressed syllable Example
word ends in a vowel last but one dibUjo, planEta
words end in -s or -n last but one orIgen, entOnces
word end in a non vowel last encontrAr, ustEd
Other cases indicated by an accent mark séptimo, corazón, jamás, preguntó


The Spanish accent has two main uses:

1.To indicate that the normal rules of word stress are being overridden.

2.To distinguish between otherwise identical words.

aun even, including aún still
de of,about he gave
el the él he
mas but más more
mi my me
o or ó or(when used with numbers 1 ó 2)
se oneself I know or be
si if yes
te you tea
tu your you


Accents in interrogative words:

como how cómo how?
cual which cuál which?
cuando when cuándo when?
cuanto how much/many cuánto how much/many?
donde where dónde where?
que what qué what?
quien who quién who?

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