Capaz

[lingos]

hello

1)
why while capaz is stressed at the last syllable, it doesn't have stress mark?

are there any other words like this?

2)
why while la librería is stressed at the pre-ending syllable, it has stress mark?

are there any other words like this?

thanks

[pjt33]

It does follow the stress rules. It's just that they're complicated.

In the absence of an accent, the stress falls on the last syllable unless the word ends in a, e, i, o, u, n, as, es, is, os, us.

[Rusty]

The syllable ia, without an accent on the i, is pronounced ya. With the accent mark, there are two syllables; ía is pronounced ee a.

There are only two rules to remember when determining where to stress a word that has no written accent mark:

1) All words ending in a vowel or the consonants n or s are accented on the second-to-last syllable.

2) All words ending in a consonant, other than n or s, are accented on the last syllable.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Rusty has explained very clearly... no difficulty in accent rules.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Rusty

There are only two rules to remember when determining where to stress a word that has no written accent mark:

1) All words ending in a vowel or the consonants n or s are accented on the second-to-last syllable.

2) All words ending in a consonant, other than n or s, are accented on the last syllable.

If it ends in consonant+s the stress falls on the last syllable. The DRAE gives the examples robots and tictacs.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Rusty

The syllable ia, without an accent on the i, is pronounced ya. With the accent mark, there are two syllables; ía is pronounced ee a.

There are only two rules to remember when determining where to stress a word that has no written accent mark:

1) All words ending in a vowel or the consonants n or s are accented on the second-to-last syllable.

2) All words ending in a consonant, other than n or s, are accented on the last syllable.

There is a flaw in that. Ratón ends in n and is accented on the last syllable.

The famous case of fingers being quicker than the mind, I am sure...

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by chileno

There is a flaw in that. Ratón ends in n and is accented on the last syllable.

The famous case of fingers being quicker than the mind, I am sure...

The rules I wrote apply to words that contain NO written accent.
And those rules don't cover loanwords, either.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Palabras agudas: palabras que se acentúan en la última sílaba.
Palabras graves: palabras que se acentúan en la penúltima sílaba.
Palabras esdrújulas: palabras que se acentúan en la antepenúltima sílaba.


Palabras agudas con acento escrito: terminan en n, s, ó vocal.
-> nación, compás, hindú...
Palabras agudas sin acento escrito: terminan en cualquier consonante (excepto n ó s).
-> calor, formal, cabaret...

Palabras graves con acento escrito: terminan en cualquier consonante (excepto n ó s).
-> árbol, nácar, álbum...
Palabras graves sin acento escrito: terminan en n, s ó vocal.
-> examen, acentos, casa...

Palabras esdrújulas: todas se acentúan.
-> brújula, atmósfera, pánico...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Rusty

The rules I wrote apply to words that contain NO written accent.
And those rules don't cover loanwords, either.

Aha!. Thank you Sir.

I have been accent-less for so long that what I do accentuate now is from memory rather than knowledge.