Accents and Punctuation Gramática
ejemplo: teléfono- telephone Accents Let’s begin… In Spanish, an accent mark is sometimes needed over a vowel (á, é, í, ó, ú), usually to show which syllable is stressed. ejemplo: teléfono- telephone
Why are accents important? Accents change the PRONUNCIATION of words, depending on which vowel the mark falls. Accents can cause words to take on a different MEANING. QUESTION WORDS have accents.
Ejemplos Change in pronunciation: -television vs. televisión -futbol fútbol Change in meaning: - el vs. él (the) vs. (he) - ésta vs. está (this ) vs. (is)
Question Words To ask questions, put the question words at the beginning of a sentence. Notice that question words have accents: ¿Cómo estás? How are you? ¿Cómo te llamas? What’s your name? ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? ¿Qué te gusta? What do you like? ¿Cuándo practicas? When do you practice? *Notice that ¿cómo? can mean how? and what? depending on the context. Have question marks around the title
The Ñ Mark The mark on the ñ (as in español) is called the tilde. The tilde indicates the sound ny as in canyon. ejemplo: España
Let’s practice! Looking at your vocabulary on page 45, can you tell which of the following words are missing accent marks and/or tildes? Where do the marks belong? Este es mi amigo… ¿Y tu? Senorita ¿Que tal? Adios el numero Mas o menos ¿De donde eres?
Punctuation Let’s begin… Have you noticed that Spanish uses upside-down punctuation marks to begin a question (¿) and an exclamation (¡)? ejemplos: ¿Te gusta el español? Do you like Spanis? ¡Qué bien! That’s great!
Let’s practice! Add the correct punctuation mark for each sentence. Me llamo Diana. Y tú? Mucho gusto! Cuántos años tienes, Marta? Y tú? Cómo estás? Hola! Oye! Eres Mercedes? Gracias!