Spanish Accentuation Rules

The video tutorial explains the general rules of accentuation in Spanish, focusing on three types of words: agudas, llanas, and esdrújulas. Agudas words have the stress on the last syllable and carry an accent if they end in a vowel, 'n', or 's'. Llanas words have the stress on the penultimate syllable and carry an accent if they end in a consonant other than 'n' or 's'. Esdrújulas words have the stress on the antepenultimate syllable and always carry an accent.

What are the three types of words in Spanish accentuation?

• Esdrújulas, Graves, and Sobreesdrújulas

• Agudas, Graves, and Sobreesdrújulas

• Llanas, Graves, and Sobreesdrújulas

• Agudas, Llanas, and Esdrújulas

When do agudas carry a tilde?

• When they end in a consonant other than n or s

• When they end in a vowel, n, or s

• When they end in any consonant

• When they end in a vowel or any consonant

Where is the stressed syllable in llanas?

• On the last syllable

• On the second-to-last syllable

• On the third-to-last syllable

• On the first syllable

When do llanas carry a tilde?

• When they end in a vowel, n, or s

• When they end in a consonant other than n or s

• When they end in any consonant

• When they end in a vowel or any consonant

Where is the stressed syllable in esdrújulas?

• On the last syllable

• On the third-to-last syllable

• On the first syllable

• On the second-to-last syllable