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[Ashis]

It seems very confusing to me, where I should put accents in the words when I'm going to writting spanish. can anyone discuss the besics? so that I can have a fare idea of it?

[hermit]

hi ashis - one basic rule of punctuation in spanish is: generally the
accent falls on the next-to-the-last syllable in a word (the penultimate
syllable), and requires no accent mark.

when the stressed syllable is other than the penultimate, it will be indicated by an accent mark over the vowel in that syllable.

hope this helps, hermit

[pjt33]

See the thread http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=4751

[ERG]

aaamm...First you have to know what the Silaba Tonica is...it is the syllable which has the strongest sound in a word, the intensity of a specific syllable is marked by an accent...
According to the accented syllable in the word you can divide them in:

1.- Agudas: The ones that sound stronger in the final syllable ex. café, corazón, ...NOTE: They always have an ortographic accent if they finish with n, s, or a vowel.
2.- Graves: they have the strongest syllable before the last syllable ex. lápiz, huésped, tórax, álbum,
NOTE!!: they always have an ortographic accent when they dont finish with n, s or a vowel.
3.- Esdrújulas: they sound stronger in the third from the last...(?) ex. pétalo, simpático, they ALWAYS have an ortographic accent..
Well I hope i have helped you!
BTW if you have any doubt or suggestion or anything just let me know!
;D

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Ashis: maybe you could find this post useful to know more about the rules for the written accents here.
(Sorry for quoting myself.)

I might add that "penúltima sílaba" is the second syllable, counting from the last one, and "antepenúltima sílaba" is the third syllable, counting from the end of the word.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by ERG

1.- Agudas: The ones that sound stronger in the final syllable ex. café, corazón, ...
2.- Graves: they have the strongest syllable before the last syllable ex. lápiz, huésped, tórax, álbum,
3.- Esdrújulas: they sound stronger in the third from the last...(?) ex. pétalo, simpático, they ALWAYS have an ortographic accent..

Perhaps I could add 4.- sobresdrújulas, e.g éstimular.

Statistically, only 19% of words are aguda, but 71% are grave (=llana). So if in doubt, you can guess that a word does not need an accent at all.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Perhaps I could add 4.- sobresdrújulas, e.g éstimular.

Statistically, only 19% of words are aguda, but 71% are grave (=llana). So if in doubt, you can guess that a word does not need an accent at all.

Estimular is not sobresdrújula, but aguda. Sobresdrújula would be: préstemelo, químicamente, rápidamente.

Tendré que pensar cuántas palabras acentúo en una oración; no sé si acertaré con la estadística (7/16, no está mal )

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Perikles

éstimular.

Originally Posted by irmamar

Estimular is not sobresdrújula, but aguda. Sobresdrújula would be: préstemelo, químicamente, rápidamente.

Of course, you are right. I've no idea where that came from.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Of course, you are right. I've no idea where that came from.

Estímulo (noun)
Estimular (verb)
Accented: estimuló, estimularé, etc.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

I started a thread with all that information, go find it, it´s most helpful.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

I started a thread with all that information, go find it, it´s most helpful.

Yes, there is in #3