*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

*EJEMPLOS:

*A•mor

*Fe•liz

*Pa•red

*Na•riz

*Accent Rules

*When a stress rule is broken,

an accent is needed on the new stressed

syllable

*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

*EJEMPLOS:

*SA•BA•DO

*Te•LE•vi•SI•ON

*mi•er•CO•LES

*Mu•SI•CA

*If a word ends with a consonant other than –N or –S, and the last

syllable is not stressed

ACCENT the stressed syllable

ACCENT RULE #2

*EJEMPLOS:

*La•PIZ

*FUT•BOL

*AR•BOL

*DI•FI•CIL

*Interrogatives and Exclamatories have

accents

EX: QuéCómo

Dónde

ACCENT RULE #3: Questions/Exclamations

*When a weak vowel and strong vowel are paired,

an accent may be used to emphasize the

weaker vowel

EX: DÍA

ACCENT RULE #4: SEPARATE two vowels

*

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A written accent indicates a stressed weak vowel (i, u) that

is followed or preceded by a strong vowel (a, e, o).

*To differentiate between the same word with

same spelling but different meaning

ACCENT RULE #5: HOMONYMS

dé: givede: from, of  él: he/himel: the mí: memi: my sé: I knowse: reflexive pronoun

 sí: yessi: if

té: teate: you tú: youtu: your

qué: exclamation/question word (what)

que: relative pronoun (that)

ACCENT RULE #5: HOMONYMS