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The ¡Hola Amigos! Newsletter Or The Gringos Unidos Newsletter Or News from Sherri’s Southern School of Spanish Published Monthly Volume I Number IX September 2007 ¡Hola! y ¿Cómo estás? NEW CLASSES! Just to let y’all know in case you need a refresher, have taken Spanish I but not Spanish II, or maybe you have friends or family that want to learn Spanish, new classes are starting September 24, 2007. Rules of Stress & Pronunciation Now I don’t like to dwell on grammar & rules too much, because it can be a real drag. But, in small doses and with examples, it can be a help. In class we’ve gone over the alphabet, and talked about pronunciation. However, here are some details to help refine your Spanish. I have told you that most of the time the stress (emphasis) falls on the next-to-the-last syllable (penúltimo). But what about when it doesn’t? Here are the rules. 1. If the word ends in a vowel, the letters n or s, the stress falls on the next-to-the-last syllable. This goes for most words. Example: amigo a MEE go hola OH la buenos BWEH nos llaman YA man 2. If a word ends in a consonant other than n or s, the stress falls on the last syllable. Example: español es pan YOL por favor por fa VOR (2 words) usted oo STED feliz feh LEESE 3. If the word doesn’t follow rules 1. and 2., an accent is used to show where the stress falls. Pay attention to these accent marks, they not only show where the word is stressed, but can totally change the meaning of the word. Example: está es TAH form of “to be” bebé beh BEH baby números NU meh rohs numbers sábado SAH ba doh Saturday Without accents, these words are as follows. esta ES tah this bebe BEH be form of “to drink” numeros nu MEH rohs not a word sabado sa BAH doh also not a word 4. Words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings are indicated by an accent mark. There may be no difference in pronunciation. Example: sí yes si if tú you tu your él he el the dé form of “to give” de of or from All of the “question” words (who, what, when, where, etc.) have accents when used in a question, and a sometimes slightly different meaning without an accent. Example: porqué why porque because quién who quien who qué what que that cuándo when cuando when dónde where donde where I hope these details are helpful. If they’re not, forget ‘em! Some of this stuff I don’t go into because we’re doing Conversational Spanish and not grammar, and we don’t focus on writing Spanish, just speaking. There are some other pronunciation goodies I wanna’ go into, but I think I’ll wait until you’ve had a chance to digest these. Try out the rules on your vocabulary and see how they work. ¿Preguntas? ¡Déjenme saber! Suerte con esto y hasta luego.
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The ¡Hola Amigos! Newsletter Or The Gringos Unidos Newsletter Or News from Sherri’s Southern School of Spanish Sherri Brownkatz Certified Teacher (863) 533-9161 (home) (813) 763-6333 (cell)
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