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Accentuation: acute accent on stressed syllable (general rule)

Accentuation: acute accent on stressed syllable (general rule)

Structure:

words breaking default stress rules receive a written accent

Default stress: penultimate for words ending in vowel/n/s; final for others. Exceptions get accent.

Example:

Está, habló, árbol, difícil, joven. **Translation:** Is (located), spoke, tree, difficult, young.

Examples

Está, habló, árbol, difícil, joven.

Is (located), spoke, tree, difficult, young.

Practice

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "Está, habló, árbol, difícil, joven."

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