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 *If there is any vowel with an acute accent, that vowel is stressed.
 *If there is no vowel with an acute accent:
-*#The penultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in a vowel, vowel + ''-n'', or vowel + ''-s''.
+**The penultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in a vowel, vowel + ''-n'', or vowel + ''-s''.
-*#The ultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in any consonant other than ''-n'' or ''-s''.
+**The ultimate vowel is stressed if the word ends in any consonant other than ''-n'' or ''-s''.
-*#''i'' + vowel and ''u'' + vowel are treated as one syllable.
+*Note that:
-*#Final ''-y'' and ''-w'' are treated as consonants, and they shift the stress to the final syllable.
+**''i'V' and ''uV'' (where ''V'' represents any other vowel) are treated 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''.
+**Final ''-y'' and ''-w'' are treated as consonants, and they shift the stress to the final syllable.
 ===Consonants===