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=====Stress===== | =====Stress===== | ||
Stress in a word can be determined from the way it is written via the following rules: | Stress in a word can be determined from the way it is written via the following rules: | ||
*If there is any vowel with an acute accent, that vowel is stressed. | *If there is any vowel with an acute accent, that vowel is stressed. | ||
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**Diphthongs are always treated as one syllable. | **Diphthongs are always treated as one syllable. | ||
**''iV'' and ''uV'' (where ''V'' represents any vowel other than ''i'' or ''u'') are treated as diphthongs, and therefore count as one syllable. | **''iV'' and ''uV'' (where ''V'' represents any vowel other than ''i'' or ''u'') are treated as diphthongs, and therefore count as one syllable. | ||
***The exception to this is if the ''i'' or ''u'' has an accent. However, this is rare since words that would have ''íV'' and ''úV'' are usually written as ''iyV'' and ''uwV''. | ***The exception to this is if the ''i'' or ''u'' has an accent.<!-- However, this is rare since words that would have ''íV'' and ''úV'' are usually written as ''iyV'' and ''uwV''.--> | ||
**Final ''-y'' and ''-w'' | **Final ''-y'' <!--and ''-w'' is treated as a consonant, and it -->shifts the stress to the final syllable. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||