Stress

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Stress

• Spanish words ending in a vowel, s or n are
  stressed on the last but one syllable

• regla, hermano, verde
• años, gatos, sacapuntos,
• viven, hablan, tienen

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Stress

• All other words are stressed on the last syllable

• azul, feroz, profesor, Madrid

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Accents

• (1) Accents are used to indicate irregular stress
  
• (2) Accents are used to indicate a different
  meaning for words of the same spelling

• marrón, gramática, inglés
• lápiz, fútbol
• si if, sí yes
• Gales Wales, galés Welsh

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