Guided Notes: Stress and Written Accent / Los Acentos Mrs. O. Pacheco Spanish II.

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1 Guided Notes: Stress and Written Accent / Los Acentos Mrs. O. Pacheco Spanish II

2 SPANISH ACCENTS SUMMARY Every word has a stressed syllable (sílaba tónica). For example, the word español stresses the last syllable. Word endings and written accents (tildes) provide a predictable guide to stress syllables in Spanish, allowing you to read any word correctly. 1. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the next-to-last for words ending in accents: está, estás, están, médico 2. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the last one for words ending in any consonant other than –n or -s: fácil, lápiz, carácter 3. An accent marks stress on a weak vowel (i, u) followed or preceded by a strong vowel (a, e, o): mío, grúa, sonríe 4. Pronouns such as cómo, dónde, qué, quién, cuándo, cuál have accents when used as question and exclamation words, even in indirect questions: ¿Dónde vives?. ¡Cómo habla! No sabe qué decir (indirect question) 5. Only a few one-syllable syllable words have accents to signal different meanings.

3 Cont. Words that do not follow the above rules carry a written accent to show which syllable is stressed: café (does not follow rule 1: it ends in a vowel but stresses the last syllable) exámenes (neither the last nor the second to-last syllable is stressed) árbol (does not follow rule 2: it does not end in a vowel, -n or -s, but still stresses the second to-last syllable) dé give él he/him más more mí me sé I know sí yes té tea tú you de of, from el the mas but mi my se pronoun si if te you tu your

4 PRÁCTICA A. Las siguientes palabras no necesitan tilde. Escoge la sílaba tónica (stressed) según las reglas 1 y 2. e · li · mi · nar gra · cias fies · ta pa · cien · cia ciu · dad ra · cial cue · llo i · de · a co · ci · na va · ríos al · co · hol ai · re fre · cuen · te suer · te so · cie · dad eu · ro · pe · os

5 PRÁCTICA B. According to the basic rules, thus, you need two criteria to decide whether a word needs a tilde or not: a) its ending, b) which syllable is stressed. The word región needs a tilde because a) it ends with "n" but b) the penultimate syllable is not stressed. The word regiones does not need a tilde because a) it ends with "s" and b) the penultimate syllable is stressed. 1.Ca · na · da 2.ca · rac · ter 3.fi · nal 4. i · ma · gen 5. i · ma · ge · nes 6.mi · ni · mo 7.Pa · na · ma 8.po · e · ma 9.po · e · ti · co 10.tam · bien 11.tran · si · cion 12.tran · si · cio · nes

6 B. OTHER USES OF THE WRITTEN ACCENT / OTROS USOS DE LA TILDE 3. The written accent also indicates stress on a weak vowel (i, u) that is followed or preceded by a strong vowel (a, e, o): dí·a, Ma·rí·a, Ra·úl, o·í·do, a·hí, ra·íz, mí·o, dú·o, ge·o·gra·fí·a BUT: democracia (the weak vowel "i" is not stressed, therefore rule 1 applies) 4. A written accent is not used for one-syllable words (fe, ti, tres, Dios), except to distinguish between certain words that are otherwise spelled identically, such as: give (comma nd) he/him more me I know yes tea you déélmásmísésítétúdéélmásmísésítétú vs. de el mas mi se si te tu of, from the but my reflexive /imperso nal pronoun if you (object pronoun ) your

7 Cont. C. Another common group of such pairs are words like que, which need a written accent when used as a part of a question or indirect question. ¿Qué dices? What...? ¿cómo llego? how...? Sabe dónde estoy. He knows where I am. Digo que hace calor I say that... como quieras as... Estoy donde te dije. I am where I told you. ¿Qué dices? What...? ¿cómo llego? how...? Sabe dónde estoy. He knows where I am. Digo que hace calor I say that... como quieras as... Estoy donde te dije. I am where I told you. ¿Qué dices? W hat...? ¿cómo llego? ho w...? Sabe dónde estoy. He knows where I am.

8 PRÁCTICA C. Check A, B, or C next to each word, according to the reason why they carry an accent. WORDSABC Así Día También Carácter Pájaro Economía Después Aún Raíz Cárcel

9 PRÁCTICA D. Listen to each word to hear where the stress is & circle the stressed syllable of each word. A · me · ri · caAmerica a · me · ri · ca · noAmerican ca · rac · tercharacter ¿co · mo?how co · moas de · mo · cra · ciademocracy fe · lizhappy Masmore pa · iscountry tam · bienalso tran · si · cio · nestransitions Tuyou

10 PRÁCTICA E. Decide whether the italic words need accents or not. 1.Creo que tu hermano habla mas que tu. ¡Que problema! (I think your brother speaks more than you do. What a problem!) 2.El abuelo dice quede niño else divertía mas que nosotros ahora. (The grandfather says that as a child he used to have more fun than us now.) 3.Mi vida si mejorará si tengo fe en mi mismo. (My life will indeed get better if I have faith in myself.) 4. No quiero estar mas con el, mas el si quiere estar conmigo. No se que hacer. (I don't want to be with him anymore, but he does want to be with me. I don't know what to do.)