Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next?Cto?Cthe?Clast syllable.amicofriendfoglialeafMilanoMilannipotenephewpadrefatherparlaretospeaksignorinaMissstudiareto studytelefonareto telephoneuomoman( S) `" |6 S3 X5 g
When the final ?Ce is dropped from a word, as happens with some masculine titles when they are directly followed by a proper name, the position of the stress remains unchanged.
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& b e4 Z+ J: c When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel. cioènamelycittàcityperchèbecauseperòhowevertassìtaxiuniversitàuniversityvenerdìFridayvirtùvirtue& ~( Q' u- r( m- _
It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.
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Note: The written accent is used with a few monosyllables in order to distinguish them from others that have the same spelling but a different meaning.
- O2 ^, c( [) t+ n1 \7 O/ ~ dàgivesdafromèiseandlàtherelathe; it; hernénornesomeséhimself, herselfseifsìyessioneself. |