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SKYLINE COLLEGE En Español SP 110 AA/AB |
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Prof. Luciana Castro
Acentos en español: una explicación espontanea.
I. Regla General.
1. Most words in Spanish do not need an accent. when a Spanish word is pronounced, the stress in pronunciation should fall in the syllable second to last.
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2. Words in which the stress falls in a syllable different than the second to last one,when pronounced, need a graphic accent.
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EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE (Rules that contradict #1 and #2)
Words ending in l,r,z,d and n contradict the general rule. Sometimes even when stress falls in the second to last (penultimate) syllable the word, if ending in the aforementioned letters still has a graphic accent. Moreover, other times if the stress in pronunciation falls in a syllable different than the second to last the word does not have an accent.
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4. SIEMPRE SON ACENTUADAS: the following words always have an accent.
When they end in ción or n
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5. When a given word has the stress in pronunciation in a syllable formed by an "increasing diphtong", i.e. when the first vowel is a weak one such as "I" or "U" followed by another strong vowel such as "a", "e" or "o", THERE IS NO ACCENT NEEDED.
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5.1. When words present their stress in pronunciation a weak vowel and the diphtong is pronounced separately, the weak vowel takes the graphic accent.
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6. Some words have an accent to be differentiated from others with identical spelling but different meaning.
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7. ALL INTERROGATIVE WORDS IN AN INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE OR QUESTION HAVE ACCENTS.
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OTHER CASES WILL BE POINTED OUT TO BE MEMORIZED AS THE COURSES PROGRESSES