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=====Stress===== | =====Stress===== | ||
Stress in a word | 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. | ||
*If there is no vowel with an acute accent: | *If there is no vowel with an acute accent: | ||
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*#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. | *#''i'' + vowel and ''u'' + vowel are treated as one syllable. | ||
Note that for the purposes of the above rules, final ''-y'' and ''-w'' are treated as consonants, while ''-i'' and ''-u'' are treated as vowels. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||