How do the accents over letters change the sound?
How do the accents over letters change the sound?
eg. é í ó ñ
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Spanish pronunciation is fairly easy: the 5 vowels are always pronounced the same, unlike in English. When you see an accent over the vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú) it means that the syllable is stressed. For example, in the English word "action", "ac" is the stressed syllable. In Spanish, however, the word is "acción", so the stressed syllable is "ción".
The ñ sound is a separate letter in the Spanish alphabet (it's not an n with an accent). You can see how it is pronounced in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gK35jK_QV0 . The English keyboards don't have this letter, but it's quite important to use it correctly. For example, make sure you write "tengo 20 años" (I'm 20 years old) instead of "tengo 20 anos" (I have 20 anuses) hahahaha.
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