stress / accento tonico
5 c" w+ b- K2 ` usually, italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.3 w' V" [( F" k8 Y& ^& S$ K
amico friend
- ^# i+ _6 [7 Z, s* z foglia leaf3 \2 G, b% y, X: d$ b! P, u
milano milan
~) |+ ~4 @+ N7 ~! R6 t" | nipote nephew% U) } |8 ~, F
padre father
% @, e+ r9 t3 H. ? parlare to speak; r2 a; p" z6 _1 \$ d+ u6 j2 c8 ?
signorina miss
; k7 L, \8 ^' f6 B+ m studiare to study
& V- |8 j& I* {" B2 V telefonare to telephone; i# m0 `0 ~. S, L c
uomo man- q! Y6 T1 }* j' j! R, ^$ q5 b$ Z' b
when the final –e 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.
$ L2 k3 P4 M" u. q dottore doctor1 n4 a& Y6 K1 H) [; u/ T- z7 g- v5 Q
dottor nardi doctor nardi; h0 o' t2 ^3 _5 ]8 b- o
professore professor2 D) x% u% y$ J) j
professor pace professor pace
* `" \0 ^/ ]9 C' M0 u5 F1 c when words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel.
6 ~8 R Q V" Z2 n- A5 r cioè namely
; }% H+ ~3 h. H5 Q/ Y: A: @- q città city
1 E! ~; v H" R perchè because1 `9 F, n7 m! u3 e8 _
però however
0 K0 w! V3 Z' d& z) @ tassì taxi2 Y4 g7 z+ C: H3 M5 s9 ^# H4 L
università university2 W1 E2 d D& @" f
venerdì friday
! W" {4 o! j% Q$ `" ~: m& S virtù virtue6 `- z+ V5 _% y9 O7 e" U( n# ~8 j
it is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.- g0 T- b) V* Z% g6 h
automobile automobile
* F! u4 @# m6 b. |4 z medico physician1 \0 g2 I4 L8 g4 D
nobile noble% c1 x3 c7 k4 G/ {4 L4 A [
telefono telephone6 o' S3 O- l1 d! E" |6 ?
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.
. i4 K4 y d5 L! @6 i, s( b5 v) @ dà gives/ I: n$ U: q @+ v! H, T" a
da from
9 X) a5 ]& f; O è is
8 @; \+ F6 |- C e and }. x5 x$ ~3 h) n w) g+ Q
là there
* H3 G- z4 D: M9 ~% R la the; it; her$ z/ L; ]: A5 U! @6 S. T+ k
né nor
0 z$ r+ t$ g! F) R2 V/ h; U3 M ne some
" `4 b- K& M7 }4 n& y sé himself, herself
; M v% {) H. K& Q, O' J1 Z se if
' r0 G0 z' H M8 @; F sì yes
* i5 k# F& i, R( n! D3 x si oneself |
发表于 2012-8-17 13:33:44
