What are the lines above letters for?
Do the lines above some letters show like how you would say something? I see these lines and dots above some letters in spanish and when I'm writing I don't know when to have a normal letter or a letter with a line. What are they for?
2 Answers
´ (tilde) Use to let you know where the strongest accent syllable is as to make it easier to learn and understand the language, Ñ (15th letter of the Spanish alphabet with its own individual sound "enye"), ¨ (Diéresis) two dots on top of the letter u "ü", forces a silent u to NOT be silent.
The stress like wise "ó" "é" etc. tells you which sylable of a word is stressed and the tilde over the "ñ" tells you it is distinct from the normal "n" and pronounced more like the n in the English word onion i.e.mañana is not pronounced like banana otherwise it would be "manana"
