How does the tilde affect the pronuciation
Hola a todos!!!
I am little bit confused about the pronunciation of words such as como and cómo or donde and dónde. I understand that the tilde is used to indicate a question. I wonder whether both words have the same pronunciation. According to what I know donde and como are graves which end with a vowel, so the second last syllable should be stressed. On the other hand the words dónde and cómo carry the tilde in the second last syllable. So, a straight thinking leads me to the conclusion that they have the same exact pronunciation. Am I right?
íQue tengan un buen día!
1 Answer
Hi there.
Yes, you are correct. The diacritical mark is placed on words like Cómo or Dónde when used in a question. The effect the accent mark has on the word is purely visual but it does not affect the pronunciation at all.
