To understand when accents are used in Spanish in order to improve spelling and pronunciation

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• To understand when accents are used in Spanish in
  order to improve spelling and pronunciation

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Spanish Accents
á é í ó ú
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Los acentos

• Accents are marks that we use for three
• different reasons in Spanish. They
• indicate
• that a word does not follow the rules of stress
  ie... lápiz
• a change in meaning from another word
  ie... sí / si él / el
• Question words ie... Cuándo, Qué

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Rules of stress
If a word ends in a vowel, n or s, then the
stress falls on the next to the last syllable.
eg hola, casa, llamo, uno, cinco, bueno,
hambre, fruta, fresa, vino, agua, leche cucharas,
manzanas, viven, comen, beben
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If the word ends in a consonant other than n or
s, then the stress falls on the last syllable.
eg comer, beber, arroz, yogur, pastel
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• Any exception to the above rules must have a
  written accent.

They fall mainly into the following groups
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• Words with a stressed final vowel

eg café, está, champú
which includes lots of verbs in the past tense
eg bebí, comí, compré, pagué
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• Words ending in n or s and stressed on the last
  syllable

eg jamón, melón, melocotón inglés,
japonés, portugués
Words ending in a consonant other than n or s and
stressed on the next to last syllable
eg Cádiz, lápiz, Jiménez, Almodóvar
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• Words stressed on any other syllable

eg riquísimo, buenísimo, malísimo Córdoba,
teléfono, kilómetro
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Accents

• Always go on a vowel
• Are a strong mark beginning right
• over the middle of a vowel and going up at an
  angle to the right.

á
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OK lets have a go
Do the following have accents and if so where?
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pasta pollo tome sali gato perro pedi rata
coloque bocadillo conejo serpiente cambio maquillo
arregle afeite
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pajaro semafaro Barcelona Zaragoza chocolate Cacer
es comico miercoles
limon cancion martes cartas cortes coches jabon co
men