concerning the spanish adjective policiaca

Question

In a correction from my composition about things i have done today the administrator Kerri corrected me the spanish adjective policiaca and wrote this: policíaca= policiaca. in another composition i remember someone said that there should be an accent over the letter i .i tryed to go over my compositions again to find the one said so but i missed it .anyway i want to know if we use an accent or we do not.thank you

Answer 1

Hi, Winter, actually either way is correct. The accented "policíaco/a"is the preferred spelling and pronunciation, but "policiaco/a" is also accepted.

Another word that is similar to this is the word for "period" in the school day. I have seen both "período" and "periodo" used.

There are so many Spanish speaking countries, that sometimes there are variations on a theme...

Answer 2

It should definitely have an accent. In spanish, the accent will fall on the next to the last syllable when ending in a vowel. Without an accent the word would be pronounced "po lee see AH co" with the accent on the AH. It should be pronounced "po lee SEE ah co" with the accent on the SEE. So, to change the natural falling accent to the SEE, you must use an accent mark.