stress / accento tonico% C& `& p1 G/ S5 n' `
usually, italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.0 ~0 k/ |+ c* ]8 V) N/ @& q4 B
amico friend8 ?3 D/ W( ]% h, h1 G' i
foglia leaf" V. U, C5 K; x. Z6 N
milano milan
9 x* B* {' @2 g% d- d% u nipote nephew; v) J# e' J% v1 j5 n
padre father8 R! `/ i5 p6 [! [$ {( }
parlare to speak) A/ j5 _' Z1 ?7 F; p+ ^: D& g
signorina miss! u' ^2 h3 B+ j- p
studiare to study
; L' U8 T4 ^, G* u( O; o( j- h telefonare to telephone
% |7 K0 `1 j' E4 f uomo man
% N8 G/ O7 h* t) y' A% t, W' F+ m E 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.3 S0 ^' r" W% ~7 X+ x1 |) K
dottore doctor$ N' @$ X0 c' q3 ]3 j8 z
dottor nardi doctor nardi
' B- P ~0 s( B, [3 [5 _ professore professor
L" S( E" b! U. [, \- d professor pace professor pace! g' F8 ]3 ?# E _
when words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel.. Y F+ M$ N; F
cioè namely& k b* m Z! e$ @. X
città city- s: u& c' l9 e$ Q
perchè because1 ^, E' |5 |% {4 T; z# N
però however0 ~' S8 v4 l, O+ X5 H
tassì taxi
9 _) ?( X7 I7 |$ p$ \! g) t2 Y università university
4 S4 t+ h" X1 q( w/ a) Q) x venerdì friday# a* {: i7 t+ V# r6 ]3 ~# g
virtù virtue
, h/ o2 x! k1 }$ m it is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.' c! `! E4 D0 Y' f5 l: ?5 |
automobile automobile
, l3 C4 V6 i' p/ b4 a. |/ i+ F medico physician3 u; Q b/ Y2 b+ B( b
nobile noble p, s& C$ z1 s+ y! T1 r" u" h
telefono telephone( K! z+ A0 y) @( j: M, f( B [( j: W
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.: K+ J/ X4 h: z. @+ ^) f
dà gives
( C1 X! O; `% ]) q, V; M da from
$ d3 y. r& b& A$ `' @' R è is0 Z1 V i' r K _2 c$ _
e and
4 W# m1 n8 g: V0 c: S5 F là there! o! I+ S1 F, `6 E L% H3 V( E
la the; it; her
% e- X9 d Q9 _/ o. b# p, W né nor1 U4 U2 V' k/ L' W1 a
ne some
1 D, t& H! u6 D5 e sé himself, herself
0 b3 z& v, W5 @ se if
U5 y* l" Q/ ]* \ sì yes' Y& S4 u8 h0 M
si oneself |