Monosílabo
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I am trying to identify which monosyllabic words in spanish require an accent mark and which one's dont. Do you have a link or an explanation that could help me?
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updated Feb 8, 2013
posted by kyle_hurley
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Profe Jehle's website is great.
Copied and pasted: I hope this formats ok. I tried to make a double column but it didn't work.
Several pairs of monosyllabic (one-syllable) words are similarly distinguished by the presence or absence of accent marks. The word that is more emphatic receives the written accent.
- dé - give (subjunctive of dar)
- él - he, him
- más - more, most
- mí - me
- sé - I know (saber), be (ser)
- sí - yes, indeed
- té - tea
- tú - you
- de - of, from
- el - the
- mas - but
- mi - my
- se - himself, herself, etc.
- si - if, whether
- te - you, yourself
- tu - your
updated Feb 8, 2013
edited by 0095ca4c
posted by 0095ca4c
Very nice, Margherite! The tilde in one-syllable words may be needed to distinguish them from a (less-impressive?) twin! - rickharned, Feb 8, 2013
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The simple answer is that if there are two possible meanings, then there could be one. Other monosílabos don't ever have have one.
updated Feb 8, 2013
posted by BigMike
