Can I know the tilde rule

Question

Hola, is it possible to know the rule for accent (tilde) in spanish. gracias

Answer 1

According to my source... The Spanish acute accent or tilde (á, é, í, ó, ú) serves two purposes:

1. It indicates that the normal rules of word stress are being overridden.

Exceptions

a. Words that end in a consonant other than N and S have stress on the last syllable.

b. Words that end in a vowel, S, or N have stress on the penultimate syllable.

c. Most two-vowel combinations diphthong* unless one of them has an accent

*Are pronounced as a single syllable

1. Acute accents are also used to distinguish between otherwise identical words, such as sí (yes) vs si (if).

2. Acute accents are added to verbs with attached object pronouns .

Note: The tilde over the letter n (ñ) is something else entirely.

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum. This question is asked a lot, and if you search for it here you'll find a bunch of threads.

Basically there are 3 times when you need to use an accent mark:

To show the proper emphasis. Spanish words that end in a vowel, or N or S, are normally empasized on the next-to-last syllable. All others are normally emphasized on the last syllable. If the emphasis is different than this rule, you have to use an accent mark to indicate where to emphasize. This is the most common use.

To differentiate between statements and questions. What = Que. What? = ¿Qué?.

To differentiate between two words that would otherwise be spelled the same, but mean different things. Se = pronoun he/she/it/you, etc. Sé = I know.