Accents

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Accents

• If a word ends in an n, s, or vowel, then the
  word is stressed on the penultimate (next to
  last) syllable. E.g. clase, tomamos, casas,
  sombrero, corbata.
• If a word endings in any other letter, then the
  stress falls on the last syllable. E.g. tomar,
  invitar, papel, reloj, universidad.
• A written accent mark must always be used to
  indicate an exception to these rules. E.g.
  camión, avión, pulmón, águila, antipático

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• If a word has an accent in the singular form on
  the last syllable, then it loses its accent for
  the plural form (because of the s). E.g.
  camión, camiones pulmón, pulmones

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• When there is an affirmative command and direct
  and/or indirect objects attached, there is often
  (but not always) an accent.
• How you determine where the accent is placed
  depends on how the word is pronounced without the
  pronouns attached.
• For example, if you have the verb escribir and
  you change it into an Ud. command, then its
  escriba. The stress is on the syllable scri,
  the penultimate syllable, because it ends in a
  vowel.

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• If you want to say Write to me, how would you
  say that?
• Escriba me
• But remember that if you had no accent, then it
  would be pronounced differently, with an emphasis
  on the ba because it ends in a vowel (causing
  the penultimate syllable to be stressed). But
  you know the word stress is supposed to stay the
  same, so you should put an accent on the i to
  maintain the same word stress.
• Escríbame.

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• If you want to say, Write it to me, it
  referring to the message (el mensaje), then you
  put the direct object after the indirect object,
  making it
• Escríbamelo.
• When you have indirect and direct object pronouns
  together in one sentence, they always go in the
  order 1) IOP 2) DOP
• If its a negative command, remember that the
  pronoun(s) go before the verb.
• No me escriba (Dont write to me)
• No me lo escriba. (Dont write it to me)