Stress / Accento Tonico
; r. _- m# J/ @' V- g6 E Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.8 F( J u& _1 ~ L8 _, n9 l
amico friend
+ w) n7 G: N0 {' }0 k" r( ~: f foglia leaf
, ]7 p- M) _9 l# V+ G* y2 U Milano Milan
7 O, X) J. t+ R9 n nipote nephew5 f0 u5 [. k! e8 Y
padre father. C, W* g& R1 W4 t5 p+ r
parlare to speak
. @( o2 u3 L# l* \/ M' ]! ? signorina Miss) ^/ }4 \" }9 M8 o
studiare to study* t: V. M. x/ X! |
telefonare to telephone
! i1 b* [0 e! C7 e uomo man
* Y2 s9 Y7 U4 V6 s 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 r$ d! K( \: h" k8 ^
dottore doctor. P e8 s1 ~) `! c
dottor Nardi Doctor Nardi9 |+ S+ h* }& f8 k j7 m. u
professore professor
, F3 K- t4 S& f" ~4 } professor Pace professor Pace
: y8 S! U6 A! Z8 A2 Z When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel. |