Spanish Word - Leave Me Alone?

[ookami]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Ah, that reminds me Les Luthiers, a father to his son: "Dejame vivir..."

why without the accent on the a?

[JPablo]

Well, I put the 'a' in bold as the 'accent' (the stress of pronunciation goes there, but doesn't necessarily needs to have "tilde", as the word becomes "llana", having the 'me' attached.)

(In the latest rules I believe you may or may not put the 'tilde' as one wishes.) (I may be wrong on that... as the "standard Argentinean" is not my "forte".

In Spain we say "Déjame Vivir", stressing the first "e" which in this case gets a tilde...

[ookami]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Well, I put the 'a' in bold as the 'accent' (the stress of pronunciation goes there, but doesn't necessarily needs to have "tilde", as the word becomes "llana", having the 'me' attached.)

(In the latest rules I believe you may or may not put the 'tilde' as one wishes.) (I may be wrong on that... as the "standard Argentinean" is not my "forte".

In Spain we say "Déjame Vivir", stressing the first "e" which in this case gets a tilde...

Sí, tenés razón, parece que hace ya un paaar de años (1999) que no lleva tilde según la alta casa de letras. Pero yo siempre lo escribo con tilde ¿nostalgia de una vida del pasado? Es que también lo he leído en algún que otro libro (Beneddeti) de esa manera. El motivo por el que no lleva tilde es por ser grave terminada en vocal, siendo imposible la confusión con las otras dos maneras de acentuarla, que llevan tilde. Bueno perdón por corregir sin sentido, pero al menos aprendí algo

[JPablo]

Gracias, no hay problema, Ookami, "hoy por ti, mañana por mí" (o viceversa).