1. Stress Rules NP 16 ACENTOS

2. What is stress?  Stress is the loudest part (or syllable) of a word.  A syllable is a sound.  Say your name. If it has more than one syllable, one will be louder than the others.  Listen closely and say it again.

3. Rule #1 If a word ends…  …with a vowel or the letter n or s, the stress falls on the second to last syllable.  Ej: cho co la te  es ta cion am ien to  ge me los

4. Rule #2 If a word ends…  …with a consonant other than n or s, the stress falls on the last syllable.  Ej: co mu ni dad  tra ba ja dor  es pa ñol

5. Rule #3 If a word has an accent mark,…  …the stress falls on the syllable that carries the mark.  This rule overrides the others.  An accent mark is different than a tilde. Can you tell the difference?  Ñ ñ á é í ó ú  Ej: te le vi sión  ca pí tu lo  pa na de ría

6. Remember your suffixes  ción  mente  dad/tad  io/ia  oso(a)

7. Underline the syllable that gets the stress and write the rule number.  1. biología  2. acuario  3. profesores  4. simpático  5. equatorial