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Stress, Compound Words
. In nouns we put the tonic accent on the first…
Stress
Rules for stress
Three Syllables
ending in "-tion", "-sion", "-ic" or "-al"
stress of the syllable prior to these endings
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Three Syllables
ending in "-ee", "-eer", "-ese", "-ette" or "-ique"
stress on the last syllable
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Four Syllables
stress on the second or third syllable
second syllable ends with: "-cy", "-ty", "-phy", "-gy" or "-al".
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Four Syllables
Words that end in "-tion", "-sion" or "-ic"
stress before these endings
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Three Syllables
nouns, adjectives or verbs
ending in "-er", "-or", "-ly" or "-y" stress on the first syllable.
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Compound Words
. In nouns we put the tonic accent on the first word
in adjectives and verbs we put it on the second word
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