Why does the i in creíste have a tilde?

Question

Why does the I in creíste have a tilde??????????????

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Answer 1

Matthew:
 
It looks as though this is your first entry in the forum. Welcome, to you! Here is some information you can use to figure out for yourself why there is a tilde over the "I".
 
Here is a link to a single page of reference material ----> What are all those little "accents" for?, and

Here is a link to many reference pages that will be useful to you as you study and learn more Spanish words, grammar, verbs and concepts ----> SpanishDict Reference Guide
 
If you "bookmark" or "favourite" these pages you can always return to them quickly and easily and they might serve you again in a future question.
 

Best regards/Saludos,
Moe

Thank you Moe , that is the best help that he /she can get , I wish all members would answer in this fashion. Thanks mate. - ray76, Mar 28, 2015

Answer 2

It has the tilde to separate and retain the emphasis on the "i" cre-íste. Without it, the diphthong "ei" would change the sound like in the word "seis".

Answer 3

One of the five rules for using "tildes" which are called "acentos escritos" en los EEUU is as follows.

To "stress" or accentuate the weak vowel in an dipthong, use an accent mark.

Some examples "Mario" vs" María" "Historia" vs. "biología"

The same thing occurs with "U" "Grúa" There are some others but I can't think of them now.

In the US the tilde is this symbol "~" which only appears over the "n" i.e., Señor.

Y ahora un chiste.

Muchas gracias, Dani! - sanlee, Mar 29, 2015

je je je, great picture. - sanlee, Mar 29, 2015

Answer 4

Daniela2041, creo que su(Matthew) ejemplo fue diferente. Es que en su mente, siguiendo las reglas de las palabras graves, creiste no tendría que tener una tilde. Pero porque e+i hace un diptongo ei la palabra creíste ocupa la tilde para hacer el énfasis correcto del verbo.

crei- ste

VS

cre -ís- te

La "í" en creíste es para dar énfasis o acentuar la vocal "debil" en un diptongo.Y ésto es lo que dije en inglés en mi post. Nunca pongo nada en una respuesta a menos que pueda probarla con una lección del libro de texto que uso en mis clases. - Daniela2041, Mar 28, 2015

¡Lo siento! Debí haber estado distraído cuando leí tu respuesta, porque cuando la leo ahorita me siento tonto! A menos tenemos ahora la respuesta en español también. - Kiwaiano, Mar 28, 2015