Accents may look strange to anyone whose native language doesn’t have any, but they are extremely important in Italian. Leaving off the accent on a word is a spelling mistake, and may cause confusion.
There are two different Italian accents – detailed lessons coming soon.
Accent
Found on
What it does
Per esempio…
`
grave
a, i, u
e, o
Indicates that stress is on final syllable
Indicates stress + closed vowel pronunciation
Please note: In the very small bit of research I’ve done so far, Italian accents seem to be a divisive topic. I am going to address this in detail, particularly the question of whether the acute accent is – or should be – found at the end of words like cosí. Even Italians don’t all agree, but I will do my very best to find the writing system considered correct by the greatest number of people.
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