People 2

Stressed out?
Let's talk more about stress! When there is no accent mark and a word ends in a vowel, n, or s, the emphasis goes to the second‑to‑last syllable.
ensalada
en‑sa‑LA‑da
examen
e‑XA‑men
comes
CO‑mes
But! If there is no accent mark and a word ends in a consonant (other than n or s), the last syllable is stressed.
hotel
ho‑TEL
reloj
re‑LOJ
escribir
es‑cri‑BIR
Spanish sounds
There's a difference between n and ñ! A Spanish n is pronounced the same as the letter n in English.
necesito
necesito, banana
As in nest.
But ñ is a little tricky! It almost sounds like ny in “canyon”.
mañana
mañana, cumpleaños
As in canyon.

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