Italian Phonetics Part 4: Accents and Stresses

Some languages have funny little marks and accents. Not Italian! Once in a while there is an accent to tell us to stress the last syllable in a word, but most words won't have any such marks. Speaking of stresses, it can be confusing to know which syllable in a word to stress, so let's hit some rules so we know what to do when words get long!

Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.

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