04-05 Winter Finals Review

Spanish Accent Rules

1. Words that end in S, N, or a vowel are stressed on the next-to-last syllable:
   

   e|stu|di|AN|te; PE|rros; pro|fe|SO|ra; re|PI|tan

   
   
2. Words that end in all other consonants (not S or N) are stressed on the last syllable:
   

   bo|rra|DOR; re|LOJ; pa|RED; es|pa|ÑOL

   
   
3. Words that do not opey the first two rules require an accend mark on the stressed syllable:
   

   vol|vi|Ó; po|li|CÍ|a; lec|CIÓN; LÁ|piz

   
   

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Vowels

Strong	Weak
A, E, O	I, U

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