Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> > In a three or more syllable word in Spanish, where is the natural
> > stress
> > (ie without accent marks etc)? This durned book isn't explaining it
> > satisfactorily.
> >
>
> Exactly like for two-syllable words: regular stress (ie without accent mark) is
> on:
> - the penultimate for words that end with a vowel, n or s,
> - the last syllable for words that end with a consonnant other than n or s.
One more rule: words ending in -mente are stressed as if the -mente were
a separate word (which historically it was).
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter