aun, aún

Question

This website has the uncanny ability of teaching me many new things, while making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. Anyway, are these still two separate words? In practice, are they pronounced differently (with aun having a dipthong and aún not having a dipthong)?

(On the site dictionary, I can get aún to come up, but not aun. My paper dictionary lists both.)

Answer 1

Natasha, natives have a lot of fights over this topic, as we normally pronounce both words exactly the same way, except Lazarus, as I have just discovered.

Answer 2

Este articulo es interesante.

http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/aun

Answer 3

Heidita said:

Natasha, natives have a lot of fights over this topic, as we normally pronounce both words exactly the same way, except Lazarus, as I have just discovered.

I should have explained myself better: the accent is there for differentiation purposes, but the stress changing according to different factors (such as the position and meaning of the "aun/aún").

Answer 4

They are pronounced differently, are they have different meanings:

aun = even
aún = yet

"Aun" is not used too frequently, but you'll get it in sentences like "Aun así" (even so).

Answer 5

Heidita said:

Este articulo es interesante.http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/aun

Muchas gracias, me gustó los ejemplos en el artículo.