[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"i-lucide:chevron-down":3,"i-lucide:type":8,"i-lucide:languages":10,"i-lucide:layers":12,"i-lucide:bell":14,"i-lucide:menu":16,"i-lucide:house":18,"i-lucide:chevron-right":20,"i-lucide:list-ordered":22,"i-lucide:book-open":24,"i-lucide:library-big":26,"i-lucide:book-open-text":28,"i-lucide:graduation-cap":30,"i-lucide:case-sensitive":32,"i-lucide:gamepad-2":34,"i-lucide:book-marked":36,"i-lucide:presentation":38,"i-simple-icons:bluesky":40,"i-simple-icons:x":42,"grammar-spanish-diacritic-accents":44,"grammar-verbs-spanish-diacritic-accents":795,"i-lucide:pencil-line":796,"i-lucide:download":798,"i-lucide:folder-down":800,"i-lucide:volume-2":802},{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":7},0,24,false,"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m6 9l6 6l6-6\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":9},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 4v16M4 7V5a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h14a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v2M9 20h6\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":11},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m5 8l6 6m-7 0l6-6l2-3M2 5h12M7 2h1m14 20l-5-10l-5 10m2-4h6\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":13},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M12.83 2.18a2 2 0 0 0-1.66 0L2.6 6.08a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.83l8.58 3.91a2 2 0 0 0 1.66 0l8.58-3.9a1 1 0 0 0 0-1.83z\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M2 12a1 1 0 0 0 .58.91l8.6 3.91a2 2 0 0 0 1.65 0l8.58-3.9A1 1 0 0 0 22 12\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M2 17a1 1 0 0 0 .58.91l8.6 3.91a2 2 0 0 0 1.65 0l8.58-3.9A1 1 0 0 0 22 17\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":15},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M10.268 21a2 2 0 0 0 3.464 0m-10.47-5.674A1 1 0 0 0 4 17h16a1 1 0 0 0 .74-1.673C19.41 13.956 18 12.499 18 8A6 6 0 0 0 6 8c0 4.499-1.411 5.956-2.738 7.326\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":17},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M4 5h16M4 12h16M4 19h16\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":19},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M15 21v-8a1 1 0 0 0-1-1h-4a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v8\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M3 10a2 2 0 0 1 .709-1.528l7-6a2 2 0 0 1 2.582 0l7 6A2 2 0 0 1 21 10v9a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2z\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":21},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m9 18l6-6l-6-6\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":23},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M11 5h10m-10 7h10m-10 7h10M4 4h1v5M4 9h2m.5 11H3.4c0-1 2.6-1.925 2.6-3.5a1.5 1.5 0 0 0-2.6-1.02\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":25},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 7v14m-9-3a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h5a4 4 0 0 1 4 4a4 4 0 0 1 4-4h5a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v13a1 1 0 0 1-1 1h-6a3 3 0 0 0-3 3a3 3 0 0 0-3-3z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":27},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Crect width=\"8\" height=\"18\" x=\"3\" y=\"3\" rx=\"1\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M7 3v18m13.4-2.1c.2.5-.1 1.1-.6 1.3l-1.9.7c-.5.2-1.1-.1-1.3-.6L11.1 5.1c-.2-.5.1-1.1.6-1.3l1.9-.7c.5-.2 1.1.1 1.3.6Z\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":29},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 7v14m4-9h2m-2-4h2M3 18a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h5a4 4 0 0 1 4 4a4 4 0 0 1 4-4h5a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v13a1 1 0 0 1-1 1h-6a3 3 0 0 0-3 3a3 3 0 0 0-3-3zm3-6h2M6 8h2\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":31},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M21.42 10.922a1 1 0 0 0-.019-1.838L12.83 5.18a2 2 0 0 0-1.66 0L2.6 9.08a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.832l8.57 3.908a2 2 0 0 0 1.66 0zM22 10v6\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M6 12.5V16a6 3 0 0 0 12 0v-3.5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":33},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"m2 16l4.039-9.69a.5.5 0 0 1 .923 0L11 16m11-7v7M3.304 13h6.392\"\u002F>\u003Ccircle cx=\"18.5\" cy=\"12.5\" r=\"3.5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":35},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M6 11h4M8 9v4m7-1h.01M18 10h.01m-.69-5H6.68a4 4 0 0 0-3.978 3.59l-.017.152C2.604 9.416 2 14.456 2 16a3 3 0 0 0 3 3c1 0 1.5-.5 2-1l1.414-1.414A2 2 0 0 1 9.828 16h4.344a2 2 0 0 1 1.414.586L17 18c.5.5 1 1 2 1a3 3 0 0 0 3-3c0-1.545-.604-6.584-.685-7.258q-.01-.075-.017-.151A4 4 0 0 0 17.32 5\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":37},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M10 2v8l3-3l3 3V2\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"M4 19.5v-15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 2H19a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v18a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6.5a1 1 0 0 1 0-5H20\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":39},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M2 3h20m-1 0v11a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V3m4 18l5-5l5 5\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":41},"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M5.202 2.857C7.954 4.922 10.913 9.11 12 11.358c1.087-2.247 4.046-6.436 6.798-8.501C20.783 1.366 24 .213 24 3.883c0 .732-.42 6.156-.667 7.037c-.856 3.061-3.978 3.842-6.755 3.37c4.854.826 6.089 3.562 3.422 6.299c-5.065 5.196-7.28-1.304-7.847-2.97c-.104-.305-.152-.448-.153-.327c0-.121-.05.022-.153.327c-.568 1.666-2.782 8.166-7.847 2.97c-2.667-2.737-1.432-5.473 3.422-6.3c-2.777.473-5.899-.308-6.755-3.369C.42 10.04 0 4.615 0 3.883c0-3.67 3.217-2.517 5.202-1.026\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":43},"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M14.234 10.162L22.977 0h-2.072l-7.591 8.824L7.251 0H.258l9.168 13.343L.258 24H2.33l8.016-9.318L16.749 24h6.993zm-2.837 3.299l-.929-1.329L3.076 1.56h3.182l5.965 8.532l.929 1.329l7.754 11.09h-3.182z\"\u002F>",{"id":45,"title":46,"author":47,"body":48,"cefrLevel":719,"date":47,"description":720,"exercises":721,"extension":775,"faqs":776,"gcseTier":786,"intro":787,"language":788,"lastUpdated":47,"meta":789,"navigation":790,"path":791,"seo":792,"stem":793,"verbSlugs":47,"__hash__":794},"pages\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fdiacritic-accents.md","The Spanish Diacritic Accent: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que",null,{"type":49,"value":50,"toc":709},"minimark",[51,56,87,92,95,244,247,306,310,320,424,427,474,477,481,484,541,544,548,568,611,635,639,682,686],[52,53,55],"h1",{"id":54},"the-spanish-diacritic-accent","The Spanish Diacritic Accent",[57,58,59,60,64,65,68,69,72,73,76,77,80,81,86],"p",{},"Most Spanish accents mark stress. The ",[61,62,63],"strong",{},"tilde diacrítica"," does not. It sits on one-syllable words that could not be stressed anywhere else, and it carries no sound at all. Its single job is to separate two words that look and sound identical. ",[61,66,67],{},"Tú"," and ",[61,70,71],{},"tu"," are pronounced the same; only the accent tells you that one means ",[61,74,75],{},"you"," and the other means ",[61,78,79],{},"your",". This page is about that accent alone. For the general rules of where stress falls, and which words take an accent because of it, see the companion page on ",[82,83,85],"a",{"href":84},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Faccent-rules","accent rules",".",[88,89,91],"h2",{"id":90},"the-homophone-pairs","The homophone pairs",[57,93,94],{},"Each pair below sounds identical. The accent marks one member; context tells you which you need. Get these nine right and you have most of written Spanish's diacritics.",[96,97,98,116],"table",{},[99,100,101],"thead",{},[102,103,104,108,111,114],"tr",{},[105,106,107],"th",{},"Accented",[105,109,110],{},"Meaning",[105,112,113],{},"Bare",[105,115,110],{},[117,118,119,132,146,160,174,188,202,216,230],"tbody",{},[102,120,121,125,128,130],{},[122,123,124],"td",{},"tú",[122,126,127],{},"you (subject)",[122,129,71],{},[122,131,79],{},[102,133,134,137,140,143],{},[122,135,136],{},"él",[122,138,139],{},"he",[122,141,142],{},"el",[122,144,145],{},"the (masculine)",[102,147,148,151,154,157],{},[122,149,150],{},"mí",[122,152,153],{},"me (after a preposition)",[122,155,156],{},"mi",[122,158,159],{},"my",[102,161,162,165,168,171],{},[122,163,164],{},"sí",[122,166,167],{},"yes; himself, herself",[122,169,170],{},"si",[122,172,173],{},"if",[102,175,176,179,182,185],{},[122,177,178],{},"sé",[122,180,181],{},"I know; be! (command)",[122,183,184],{},"se",[122,186,187],{},"reflexive pronoun",[102,189,190,193,196,199],{},[122,191,192],{},"té",[122,194,195],{},"tea",[122,197,198],{},"te",[122,200,201],{},"you (object pronoun)",[102,203,204,207,210,213],{},[122,205,206],{},"más",[122,208,209],{},"more",[122,211,212],{},"mas",[122,214,215],{},"but (literary, = pero)",[102,217,218,221,224,227],{},[122,219,220],{},"dé",[122,222,223],{},"give (subjunctive of dar)",[122,225,226],{},"de",[122,228,229],{},"of, from",[102,231,232,235,238,241],{},[122,233,234],{},"aún",[122,236,237],{},"still, yet (= todavía)",[122,239,240],{},"aun",[122,242,243],{},"even (= incluso)",[57,245,246],{},"A few in use:",[248,249,250,257,263,269,275,281,294,300],"ul",{},[251,252,253,256],"li",{},[61,254,255],{},"Tú tienes tu libro."," (You have your book.) - subject then possessive.",[251,258,259,262],{},[61,260,261],{},"Él abre el coche."," (He opens the car.) - pronoun then article.",[251,264,265,268],{},[61,266,267],{},"Este regalo es para mí, no para mi hermano."," (This present is for me, not for my brother.)",[251,270,271,274],{},[61,272,273],{},"Sí, sí puedo, si me dejas."," (Yes, I can indeed, if you let me.)",[251,276,277,280],{},[61,278,279],{},"Sé que se lava las manos."," (I know he washes his hands.)",[251,282,283,286,287,289,290,293],{},[61,284,285],{},"Quiero más café, mas no tengo tiempo."," (I want more coffee, but I have no time.) - ",[61,288,212],{}," without an accent is a bookish ",[61,291,292],{},"pero","; you will read it more than you will say it.",[251,295,296,299],{},[61,297,298],{},"Espero que me lo dé hoy."," (I hope he gives it to me today.)",[251,301,302,305],{},[61,303,304],{},"Aún no ha venido; aun así, esperamos."," (He still has not come; even so, we wait.)",[88,307,309],{"id":308},"the-interrogative-accent","The interrogative accent",[57,311,312,313,68,316,319],{},"The second branch of the diacritic accent marks the question words. ",[61,314,315],{},"Qué, cómo, cuándo, dónde, quién, cuánto, cuál",[61,317,318],{},"por qué"," take an accent whenever they carry a questioning or exclamatory force. Stripped of the accent, the same words become relatives or conjunctions.",[96,321,322,335],{},[99,323,324],{},[102,325,326,329,332],{},[105,327,328],{},"Accented (asking)",[105,330,331],{},"Bare (relative \u002F conjunction)",[105,333,334],{},"Meaning shift",[117,336,337,348,359,370,381,392,403,414],{},[102,338,339,342,345],{},[122,340,341],{},"qué",[122,343,344],{},"que",[122,346,347],{},"what vs that \u002F which",[102,349,350,353,356],{},[122,351,352],{},"cómo",[122,354,355],{},"como",[122,357,358],{},"how vs as \u002F like",[102,360,361,364,367],{},[122,362,363],{},"cuándo",[122,365,366],{},"cuando",[122,368,369],{},"when? vs when (it does)",[102,371,372,375,378],{},[122,373,374],{},"dónde",[122,376,377],{},"donde",[122,379,380],{},"where? vs where (it is)",[102,382,383,386,389],{},[122,384,385],{},"quién",[122,387,388],{},"quien",[122,390,391],{},"who? vs the one who",[102,393,394,397,400],{},[122,395,396],{},"cuánto",[122,398,399],{},"cuanto",[122,401,402],{},"how much? vs as much as",[102,404,405,408,411],{},[122,406,407],{},"cuál",[122,409,410],{},"cual",[122,412,413],{},"which? vs the which",[102,415,416,418,421],{},[122,417,318],{},[122,419,420],{},"porque",[122,422,423],{},"why? vs because",[57,425,426],{},"The accent appears in three places, not one:",[248,428,429,443,456],{},[251,430,431,434,435,438,439,442],{},[61,432,433],{},"Direct questions:"," ",[61,436,437],{},"¿Qué quieres?"," (What do you want?), ",[61,440,441],{},"¿Dónde vives?"," (Where do you live?)",[251,444,445,434,448,451,452,455],{},[61,446,447],{},"Exclamations:",[61,449,450],{},"¡Qué bien!"," (How great!), ",[61,453,454],{},"¡Cuánto has crecido!"," (How you have grown!)",[251,457,458,461,462,465,466,469,470,473],{},[61,459,460],{},"Indirect questions",", where there is no question mark at all: ",[61,463,464],{},"No sé qué hacer."," (I don't know what to do.) ",[61,467,468],{},"Dime cuándo llegas."," (Tell me when you arrive.) ",[61,471,472],{},"Me pregunto por qué se fue."," (I wonder why he left.)",[57,475,476],{},"That third case is the one exams love. The question has been swallowed inside a longer sentence, the punctuation has vanished, and the accent is the only surviving clue that a question is still being asked.",[88,478,480],{"id":479},"the-embedded-question-test","The embedded question test",[57,482,483],{},"When you cannot tell whether a word is a question word or a relative, try to rephrase the clause as a direct question. If it works, the word is interrogative and takes the accent.",[248,485,486,499,515,526],{},[251,487,488,491,492,495,496,498],{},[61,489,490],{},"No sé dónde está."," -> hidden question ",[61,493,494],{},"¿Dónde está?"," So: ",[61,497,374],{},", accented.",[251,500,501,504,505,507,508,511,512,514],{},[61,502,503],{},"La casa donde vivo es vieja."," (The house where I live is old.) -> no hidden question; ",[61,506,377],{}," simply points back to ",[61,509,510],{},"la casa",". So: ",[61,513,377],{},", bare.",[251,516,517,520,521,495,524,498],{},[61,518,519],{},"Pregunta quién viene."," -> hidden ",[61,522,523],{},"¿Quién viene?",[61,525,385],{},[251,527,528,531,532,534,535,538,539,514],{},[61,529,530],{},"El chico que viene es mi primo."," (The boy who is coming is my cousin.) -> ",[61,533,344],{}," links to ",[61,536,537],{},"el chico","; no question. So: ",[61,540,344],{},[57,542,543],{},"If the word introduces information you already have rather than information you are seeking, it is a relative, and the accent comes off.",[88,545,547],{"id":546},"special-cases","Special cases",[57,549,550,553,554,557,558,561,562,564,565,567],{},[61,551,552],{},"sólo."," Since the 2010 RAE reform, the adverb ",[61,555,556],{},"solo"," (meaning ",[61,559,560],{},"solamente",", only) no longer needs an accent, and ",[61,563,556],{}," now covers both only and alone. Many careful writers still add it out of habit, and you will not be penalised, but the modern recommendation is to write ",[61,566,556],{}," everywhere.",[57,569,570,573,574,577,578,581,582,585,586,581,589,592,593,581,596,599,600,603,604,606,607,610],{},[61,571,572],{},"The four porques."," These trip up even natives. ",[61,575,576],{},"Por qué"," (two words, accent) asks why: ",[61,579,580],{},"¿Por qué lloras?",". ",[61,583,584],{},"Porque"," (one word, no accent) answers, meaning because: ",[61,587,588],{},"Lloro porque estoy triste.",[61,590,591],{},"Porqué"," (one word, accent) is a noun meaning the reason, used with an article: ",[61,594,595],{},"No entiendo el porqué de su enfado.",[61,597,598],{},"Por que"," (two words, no accent) is the rare ",[61,601,602],{},"por"," plus relative ",[61,605,344],{},": ",[61,608,609],{},"La razón por que luchamos."," In everyday writing you need the first two constantly and the last two almost never.",[57,612,613,616,617,620,621,624,625,628,629,631,632,86],{},[61,614,615],{},"o vs ó."," Spanish used to accent the conjunction ",[61,618,619],{},"o"," between figures, to stop ",[61,622,623],{},"3 o 4"," looking like ",[61,626,627],{},"304",". Modern fonts made that pointless, so the accent is gone: write ",[61,630,623],{},", never ",[61,633,634],{},"3 ó 4",[88,636,638],{"id":637},"common-mistakes-english-speakers-make","Common mistakes English speakers make",[57,640,641,642,645,646,648,649,651,652,654,655,657,658,660,661,68,663,665,666,669,670,68,672,674,675,678,679,681],{},"Dropping the accent in indirect questions: ",[61,643,644],{},"No sé que hacer"," is wrong; it must be ",[61,647,341],{},". Writing ",[61,650,71],{}," for the subject ",[61,653,124],{},", or ",[61,656,142],{}," for the pronoun ",[61,659,136],{},". Confusing ",[61,662,150],{},[61,664,156],{}," after a preposition: it is ",[61,667,668],{},"para mí",", with the accent. Muddling ",[61,671,318],{},[61,673,420],{},". And over-accenting relatives: ",[61,676,677],{},"el libro qué leo"," is wrong, because ",[61,680,344],{}," here just means that.",[88,683,685],{"id":684},"see-also","See also",[248,687,688,694,701],{},[251,689,690,693],{},[82,691,692],{"href":84},"Spanish accent rules"," - the agudas, llanas and esdrújulas system that governs every other accent, the one this page deliberately sets aside.",[251,695,696,700],{},[82,697,699],{"href":698},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fquestion-words","Spanish question words"," - each interrogative in full, with the qué versus cuál split and question word order.",[251,702,703,704,708],{},"The ",[82,705,707],{"href":706},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar cheatsheet"," keeps the homophone pairs on one card.",{"title":710,"searchDepth":711,"depth":711,"links":712},"",2,[713,714,715,716,717,718],{"id":90,"depth":711,"text":91},{"id":308,"depth":711,"text":309},{"id":479,"depth":711,"text":480},{"id":546,"depth":711,"text":547},{"id":637,"depth":711,"text":638},{"id":684,"depth":711,"text":685},"B2","The Spanish tilde diacrítica: the written accent that exists only to tell two identical-looking words apart, plus the interrogative accent that survives into indirect questions.",[722,749],{"type":723,"instructions":724,"items":725},"fill-blank","Add the written accent only where the meaning shown in brackets requires it. Some answers keep the accent and some do not.",[726,729,732,735,738,741,743,745],{"prompt":727,"answer":67,"hint":728},"___ sabes la verdad. (you, as a subject)","you as a subject",{"prompt":730,"answer":150,"hint":731},"Este café es para ___. (me)","me after a preposition",{"prompt":733,"answer":734,"hint":139},"___ es mi profesor de historia. (he)","Él",{"prompt":736,"answer":164,"hint":737},"Claro que ___, quiero ir contigo. (yes)","yes",{"prompt":739,"answer":178,"hint":740},"Yo no ___ nada de este tema. (I know)","I know",{"prompt":742,"answer":192,"hint":195},"Por la tarde siempre tomo un ___. (tea)",{"prompt":744,"answer":206,"hint":209},"Necesito ___ tiempo para terminar. (more)",{"prompt":746,"answer":747,"hint":748},"___ no ha llegado el tren de las nueve. (still, todavía)","Aún","still, meaning todavía",{"type":750,"instructions":751,"items":752},"which-one","Choose the correct spelling for the meaning of the sentence. The accent marks the pronoun or the question word.",[753,756,761,764,767,772],{"prompt":754,"answer":71,"options":755},"Me encanta ___ jardín. (your)",[71,124],{"prompt":757,"answer":758,"options":759},"¿___ quieres comer hoy? (what)","Qué",[758,760],"Que",{"prompt":762,"answer":344,"options":763},"El libro ___ leo es muy largo. (relative, that)",[344,341],{"prompt":765,"answer":341,"options":766},"No sé ___ hacer esta noche. (embedded question)",[341,344],{"prompt":768,"answer":769,"options":770},"___, gracias, no quiero nada más. (yes)","Sí",[769,771],"Si",{"prompt":773,"answer":170,"options":774},"Iré a la fiesta ___ tengo tiempo. (if)",[170,164],"md",[777,780,783],{"q":778,"a":779},"What is the tilde diacrítica in Spanish?","It is a written accent whose only purpose is to distinguish two words that are spelled and pronounced identically. Unlike the ordinary accent, it does not tell you where the stress falls: words like tú, mí, sí and sé are single syllables that could not be stressed anywhere else. The accent is purely a visual signal that says 'this is the pronoun, not the possessive' or 'this is yes, not if'. Because both members of each pair sound the same, listening never helps: you have to know the meaning you intend and spell it accordingly. It is a spelling convention, not a pronunciation rule, which is why fluent speakers still get it wrong on paper.",{"q":781,"a":782},"Do question words keep their accent in indirect questions?","Yes, and this is the point most learners miss. Qué, cómo, cuándo, dónde, quién, cuánto, cuál and por qué carry the accent not only in direct questions (¿Qué quieres?) and exclamations (¡Qué bien!) but also in indirect or embedded questions, where there is no question mark at all. No sé qué hacer (I don't know what to do), dime cuándo llegas (tell me when you arrive) and me pregunto por qué (I wonder why) all keep the accent, because each hides a question inside. The same words lose the accent when they act as relatives or conjunctions: el libro que leo (the book I read), cuando llegues (when you arrive), donde vives (where you live).",{"q":784,"a":785},"Does sólo still need an accent in modern Spanish?","Officially, no. Since the RAE reform of 2010, sólo meaning solamente (only, as an adverb) no longer needs the accent, and solo is now correct in every sense. The old rule kept the accent to separate the adverb from the adjective solo (alone), but the Academy decided context almost always makes the meaning clear, so the accent became optional and then discouraged. In practice many educated writers, and some exam mark schemes, still use sólo out of habit, and you will not be marked wrong for writing it. But the current recommendation is to drop it. The same reform de-accented the o between numbers: 3 o 4, never 3 ó 4.","higher","Most Spanish accents earn their keep by marking stress: they tell you which syllable to hit, following the agudas, llanas and esdrújulas system. A small group of accents do something stranger. They sit on one-syllable words that could not possibly be stressed anywhere else, and they carry no phonetic weight at all. Their only job is to tell two identical-looking words apart. This is the tilde diacrítica, the diacritic or distinguishing accent, and it is one of the last things to fall into place before your written Spanish reads as fully educated. Tú means you; tu means your. Sí means yes; si means if. Sé means I know; se is the reflexive pronoun. They sound the same, so the ear cannot help you; only the accent separates them on the page. A second, larger branch of the same idea marks qué, cómo, cuándo, dónde, quién, cuánto, cuál and por qué whenever they ask a question, even a hidden one buried inside a longer sentence. This page maps every pair, gives you a reliable test for the interrogatives, and clears up the modern special cases the exam boards still argue about.","spanish",{},true,"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fdiacritic-accents",{"title":46,"description":720},"spanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fdiacritic-accents","LuFPdwbZkPdmcI3L2PuxPHn4x1dkehgygYnMn3SOOa0",[],{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":797},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M13 21h8M15 5l4 4m2.174-2.188a1 1 0 0 0-3.986-3.987L3.842 16.174a2 2 0 0 0-.5.83l-1.321 4.352a.5.5 0 0 0 .623.622l4.353-1.32a2 2 0 0 0 .83-.497z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":799},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M12 15V3m9 12v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m7 10l5 5l5-5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":801},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M20 20a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-7.9a2 2 0 0 1-1.69-.9L9.6 3.9A2 2 0 0 0 7.93 3H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2Zm-8-10v6\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m15 13l-3 3l-3-3\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":803},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M11 4.702a.705.705 0 0 0-1.203-.498L6.413 7.587A1.4 1.4 0 0 1 5.416 8H3a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v6a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h2.416a1.4 1.4 0 0 1 .997.413l3.383 3.384A.705.705 0 0 0 11 19.298zM16 9a5 5 0 0 1 0 6m3.364 3.364a9 9 0 0 0 0-12.728\"\u002F>"]