Los acentos. Rules for Stress In Spanish, words are spelled just like they sound. In order to take advantage of this simple and nearly perfect system.

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1 Los acentos

2 Rules for Stress In Spanish, words are spelled just like they sound. In order to take advantage of this simple and nearly perfect system of spelling, one must first know the rules for stress - that is, how to know which syllable is pronounced the loudest.

3 Words ending in a vowel, -n, or -s are stressed on the next to the last (penultimate) syllable: nada na - da limonada li - mo - na - da zapatos za - pa - tos origen o - ri - gen compro com - pro esta es - ta estas es- tas

4 Words ending in any consonant except -n or -s are stressed on the last syllable: doctor doc - tor ciudad ci - u - dad comer co - mer

5 When rules #1 and #2 above are not followed, a written accent is used: compró com - pró está es - tá estás es - tás

6 Written accents are also used to differentiate between words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings: si - if sí - yes mi - my mí - me el - the él - he tu - your tú - you

7 Don't think of these rules as burdensome. Rather, view them as your friends. They allow you to pronounce any Spanish word correctly.

8 Put the accents into this piece of text: Ayer fui al centro de la ciudad con mi madre. Compre un abrigo azul y unos zapatos marrones – no tenia unos zapatos para el invierno. Luego, fuimos a la peluqueria y pague mucho dinero para que el peluquero me cortase el pelo. Ahora me gusta, pero cuando lo acabo, no me gusto y llore.

9 Now listen to the following script and transcribe including all accents La televisión puede ser una herramienta educativa, pero también puede ser una mala influencia. Entrevisté a unos amigos jóvenes para escuchar sus opiniones. Un joven me dijo que, aunque haya unos programas educativos, hay mucha telebasura.