Stress / Accento Tonico: O4 T9 v r- w7 J/ G8 _
Usually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.
1 d. b- l2 K" z% e; x amico friend
9 p& k& s# v M; T$ d" ^/ E3 F' [2 D1 H foglia leaf8 c! g' h/ J. g
Milano Milan
3 {' y; o% ^0 \6 u: z. P nipote nephew
o1 m( i4 _* X5 N7 b padre father0 r, E* u! }) f/ v; Q
parlare to speak
4 Y. l8 d) Y0 s" u/ G J( @ signorina Miss
! Y! s& [8 U8 ] studiare to study! }: A) \) u4 u6 ~* ]- D
telefonare to telephone
5 C- I9 j: d* N/ T3 X" O8 i% _: q uomo man
7 w1 k: k8 C: _1 t0 M 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.
' n" k" ~8 b2 z6 E dottore doctor1 V' a# W3 M P2 d" v6 I% w) R, ~, m
dottor Nardi Doctor Nardi
" R2 n, k, M& G. g) N& E. e, s5 ^ y professore professor# r8 d9 i/ o* R, h! ?9 `8 N
professor Pace professor Pace
! L" G* i' _/ G+ C* L$ F When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel, S6 n, Q/ n9 t, ~3 |' x
cioè namely6 T. g/ {9 r: y: Z
città city
8 {' o' U" t) T perchè because0 n0 z4 X/ p! d6 X# L+ j( | W
però however. t# Y# e# N' H' {) c
tassì taxi ?; `# c2 J7 v# B
università university% k% g" \5 a, [% G0 p i
venerdì Friday
1 l6 O* [+ _2 d! S/ t& p, H3 b virtù virtue0 h0 }3 }! F7 G( |
It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables., Z9 r* H6 D! u% O
automobile automobile
$ f: _/ C6 V7 x2 e medico physician: [! ~& e- z7 f! s6 I# c& e+ K _0 D2 P
nobile noble
, ?2 [3 D% O: f5 H3 s telefono telephone
- ]* G2 G+ |# b% H9 g9 E 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.
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da from& R' B$ v2 \, F- r! x! E7 v
è is
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là there+ C! Q! R Y% G: ]. S
la the; it; her
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ne some
! O8 a2 }8 V9 @5 O# Y* k sé himself, herself
" w7 J: X$ j; h& u+ a, s* u5 q& j se if$ y4 \# e2 [/ ]' ^% u( I
sì yes
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