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Stress & Accents

Stress & Accents. If a word ends with –N, -S, or a vowel… The second to last syllable should be stressed. STRESS RULE #1. EJEMPLOS: i • ma •gen Di•fe• ren •te E• xa •men Plu •ma. If a word ends with a consonant other than –N or –S… The last syllable should be stressed. STRESS RULE #2.

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Stress & Accents

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  1. Stress & Accents

  2. If a word ends with –N, -S, or a vowel…The second to last syllable should be stressed STRESS RULE #1

  3. EJEMPLOS: • i•ma•gen • Di•fe•ren•te • E•xa•men • Plu•ma

  4. If a word ends with a consonant other than –N or –S…The last syllable should be stressed STRESS RULE #2

  5. EJEMPLOS: • A•mor • Fe•liz • Pa•red • Na•riz

  6. Accent Rules

  7. When a stress rule is broken, an accent is needed on the new stressed syllable

  8. If a word ends with –N, -S, or a vowel, and the second to last syllable is not stressed… ACCENT the stressed syllable ACCENT RULE #1

  9. EJEMPLOS: • SA•BA•DO • Te•LE•vi•SI•ON • mi•er•CO•LES • Mu•SI•CA

  10. If a word ends with a consonant other than –N or –S, and the last syllable is not stressedACCENT the stressed syllable ACCENT RULE #2

  11. EJEMPLOS: • La•PIZ • FUT•BOL • AR•BOL • DI•FI•CIL

  12. Interrogatives and Exclamatories have accentsEX: QuéCómoDónde ACCENT RULE #3: Questions/Exclamations

  13. When a weak vowel and strong vowel are paired, an accent may be used to emphasize the weaker vowelEX: DÍA ACCENT RULE #4: SEPARATE two vowels

  14. diafotografiapaisriosociologia A written accent indicates a stressed weak vowel (i, u) that is followed or preceded by a strong vowel (a, e, o).

  15. To differentiate between the same word with same spelling but different meaning ACCENT RULE #5: HOMONYMS

  16. dé: givede: from, ofél: he/himel: themí: memi: mysé: I knowse: reflexive pronounsí: yessi: ifté: teate: youtú: youtu: yourqué: exclamation/question word (what)que: relative pronoun (that) ACCENT RULE #5: HOMONYMS

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