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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Spanish Accents. á é í ó ú. Los acentos:. Accents are marks that are used in Spanish to indicate: that a word does not follow the rules of stress. ie...lápiz a change in meaning from another word ie...sí / si an interrogative word
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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Spanish Accents á é íóú
Los acentos: Accents are marks that are used in Spanish to indicate: • that a word does not follow the rules of stress. ie...lápiz • a change in meaning from another word ie...sí / si • an interrogative word ie...Cuándo
Rules of stress • If a word ends in a vowel, n or s, then the stress falls on the next to the last syllable. • If the word ends in a consonant other than n or s, then the stress falls on the last syllable. • Any exception to the above rules must have a written accent.
Accents • Always go on a vowel • Are a strong mark beginning right over the middle of a vowel and going up at a 45 degree angle to the right. a
