explanation of accent mark
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Looking at the definition to echar in the dictionary on Spanishdict.com, under the third catagory - to pour - it has the sentence "échame más zumo, por favor." I don't understand why there is an accent mark over the "e" in "échame."
Cualquier ayuda será muy apreciada.
Muchas gracias,
Jim
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updated Nov 11, 2011
posted by jgundy
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The accent indicates a stress on the first syllable so that the original sound of the verb echar can conserved after adding the object pronoun (me) to the conjugated form.
updated Nov 11, 2011
posted by macapi
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I believe this has to do with the face that in this case, echa is being used as an imperative (command) with an indirect object pronoun.
When the imperative is used in combination with a pronoun, accent marks are added in order to maintain the sound.
updated Nov 11, 2011
posted by SonrisaDelSol
