1. Apuntes… La Acentuación
Accents

2. To know when a word needs an accent, you need to know...
A) That some words always need an accent:
1. Question words
¿Qué? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuándo? ¿Dónde? ¿Quién? ¿Por qué?

3. 2. Words that are spelled the. same but have different
2. Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings need accents
Tú = you Tu = your
Mí = me Mi = my
Té = tea Te = yourself…

4. 3. Words that end in –ando or. –iendo when one or two
3. Words that end in –ando or –iendo when one or two pronoun(s) are attached need an accent on the ándo or the iéndo
Está cantándote una canción.
Está cantándotela por tu cumpleaños .

5. Necesita llevarlos a la escuela. Va a llevárselos a su casa.
4. Words that end in –AR, –ER or –IR when two pronouns are attached need an accent on the ár, ér, or ír.
Necesita llevarlos a la escuela.
Va a llevárselos a su casa.
Necesita leérmelos esta noche.
1 pronoun= NO accent!

6. 5. Words that end in –ción or –sión need an accent on the ó
la canción
mansión
conclusión
NO accent if plural!
canciones, mansiones

7. 6. Regular verbs conjugated in the preterit need an accent in the YO and Él forms
yo hablé tú hablaste él habló
yo comí tú comiste él comió

8. 7. Regular AR verbs conjugated in the imperfect need an accent in the nosotros and ER/IR verbs need an accent on the í in all forms of the imperfect
ábamos ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían

9. B) How to separate words into syllables:
You also need to know...
B) How to separate words into syllables:
Divide syllables so the syllables always start with a consonant.
If a word starts with a vowel, separate the vowel and start the next syllable with a consonant.

10. Divide these words into syllables:
silla
mañana
enemigo
amarillo
comedor
si-lla
ma-ña-na
e-ne-mi-go
a-ma-ri-llo
co-me-dor

11. fuer-te al-muer-zo ac-ci-den-te ve-o pa-se-o far-ma-cia
3. *Keep a strong vowel (A, E, O) and a weak vowel (I, U) together, *separate 2 consonants that are not ll, rr, or ch and *separate 2 strong vowels fuerte almuerzo accidente veo paseo farmacia
fuer-te
al-muer-zo
ac-ci-den-te
ve-o
pa-se-o
far-ma-cia

12. 4. Separate a strong vowel (A, E, O) and a weak vowel (I, U) when you want to separate their sounds. A weak vowel with an accent becomes a strong vowel!
María
Fotografía
Continúa
Ma-rí-a
fo-to-gra-fí-a
con-ti-nú-a

13. C) That you must memorize 3 rules of pronunciation:
Finally, you need to know...
C) That you must memorize 3 rules of pronunciation:
Words that end in n, s, or a vowel are naturally stressed on the second to the last syllable.

14. alemanes lunes lecciones examen joven a-le-ma-nes lu-nes lec-cio-nes
These words are pronounced according to the rule for words ending in a vowel, N or S. The underlined syllable shows the natural stress.
alemanes
lunes
lecciones
examen
joven
a-le-ma-nes
When the rule and the natural stress are the same,
NO accent is needed!
lu-nes
lec-cio-nes
e-xa-men
jo-ven

15. 2. Words that end in a consonant except n or s are naturally stressed on the last syllable

16. explicar federal navidad pared español ex-pli-car fe-de-ral na-vi-dad
These words are pronounced according to the rule for words ending in a consonant except N or S. The underlined syllable shows the natural stress.
explicar
federal
navidad
pared
español
ex-pli-car
When the rule and the natural stress are the same,
NO accent is needed!
fe-de-ral
na-vi-dad
pa-red
es-pa-ñol

17. Words that don’t follow these rules need a written accent.
tambien 6. platano
natacion 7. increible
dias pais
Barbara 9. mirandola
boligrafo 10.darmelo

18. na-ta-ción 7. in-cre-í-ble dí-as 8. pa-ís Bár-ba-ra 9. mi-rán-do-la
The rule for the natural stress and the real pronunciation don’t match, so you need a written accent to show the correct pronunciation.
tam-bién 6. plá-ta-no
na-ta-ción 7. in-cre-í-ble
dí-as 8. pa-ís
Bár-ba-ra 9. mi-rán-do-la
bo-lí-gra-fo 10.dár-me-lo

19. 4. Divide into syllables and add an accent IF it is needed:
numero 6. cupon
pasaporte 7. quizas
funcion 8. ruido
tecnologia 9. miercoles
basquetbol 10. nariz

20. 4. You only need a written accent when the natural stress (according to the rules) and the correct pronunciation don’t match.
nú-me-ro 6. cu-pón
pa-sa-por-te 7. qui-zás
fun-ción 8. rui-do
tec-no-lo-gí-a 9. miér-co-les
bás-quet-bol 10. na-riz