Stress / Accento Tonico
5 y0 {% f1 J% n Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.9 E6 Q4 d. V, `1 L! o0 B
amico friend
( z/ |. y* W: F# | foglia leaf3 L' v7 Y7 N( J8 t
Milano Milan+ W1 |* o) y- ?! J7 l& }" w* m
nipote nephew0 X0 X- `) Z8 e6 X
padre father) B0 ?) m4 U. ~! _* R
parlare to speak
O1 D4 R+ B8 i) I signorina Miss
! B6 S3 R7 @$ K9 } studiare to study
6 M+ m6 c( g) e. r" C telefonare to telephone' }+ Z+ Q5 V9 |% J% \ Z4 m Z
uomo man I ^, O- p6 I! Y& k5 z
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.: j4 ?! R. d/ m7 Z) T5 `+ T. p$ a; l
dottore doctor4 Z4 }" k" T4 L0 Z* o
dottor Nardi Doctor Nardi# v ` z1 b K/ T d, Y* g
professore professor
' K i3 c7 d9 ]$ z2 b* ~% c professor Pace professor Pace3 Y! x6 I% g$ w3 l2 Z. _9 k* C
When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel.- D3 S' | ~9 A3 O! c x
cioè namely
9 z4 g. e0 o4 k& E città city' l! o( V( }. u
perchè because
# A& H2 }, q" ]7 x7 x1 l però however& k/ U% S; e) |1 R0 H0 z% [
tassì taxi
' ^* B4 p( B" R7 p( g k8 J3 x& x università university
0 P2 F. S. y) B+ i7 R6 j venerdì Friday
C* a( F; L/ } virtù virtue
6 l5 }- Q2 s" B" l It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.
7 F! v; b& ]/ ^ automobile automobile
0 ~( A3 V$ n; f& V5 f* X medico physician* n4 d2 U) J3 G1 @5 E( r( B$ U
nobile noble" t' V0 \! a3 I
telefono telephone, Q+ I+ z: z* } S
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.
/ y$ l) i+ u& p$ x8 ]0 a0 r dà gives
) C. r, a% m% b# G% Q da from
8 F! d8 E4 V! H$ m è is
* e) Z6 R/ x# |* L e and+ P/ }/ ^$ w) M: R
là there2 ~; B! | H. }1 j+ T5 M2 g' ] J7 E
la the; it; her4 [% o6 K& y* V
né nor2 L; T, Z, R4 Q! T& \
ne some
0 Z' [1 \/ O% C sé himself, herself9 o3 Y" x$ h/ [1 I) D. V
se if0 m+ c j2 v3 v: W3 @
sì yes `# v; u- q; \
si oneself |
发表于 2012-8-17 13:50:33
