Acentos

á, é, í, ó, ύ

• 1. If a word ends in a vowel or in n or s, it is stressed on the next to last syllable.

• camino

• persona

• terminan

• lecciones

• 2. If a word ends in any consonant (except n or s), it is stressed on the last syllable:

• parasol

• reloj

• preparar

• pared

• 3. If words do not fall into the two groups mentioned, the stress is shown with a written accent on the stressed vowel.

• francés

• teléfono

• Bolígrafo

• aritmética

• 4. If the stress is on the weak vowel in a diphthong a written accent must appear

• Continύa

• carnicería

de- preposition dé- form of the verb dar

el-article él- subject pronoun

mas- but más- more

mi- possessive adjective mí- prepositional pronoun

se- pronoun sé- form of the verb saber or ser

si-if sí-yes

solo- alone sólo- only

te-pronoun té- tea

aun- even aún- still, yet