Lección 74: Un Poquito Tuyo Capítulo 18

 

Lección 74: Un Poquito Tuyo  Capítulo 18

 

 

Those Pesky Accents

Today we review accents associated with verbs and the pronouns that get attached to the end of them. It seems that accents appear and disappear at will without rhyme or reason. Well, as you might guess, there is rhyme and reason.  Before proceeding, please review Lesson 37: Acentos. There we learned about the two most important rules in emphasizing syllables in Spanish and when an accent mark is or is not needed.

1.     Emphasize the 2^nd to last syllable when the word ends in a vowel, “-n,” or “-s.” Otherwise

2.     Emphasize the last syllable

[Note: accents are not needed in these two cases because they represent the “default” situation. The accent mark is automatically assumed.]

If a word deviates from these default rules, then it must contain an accent over the emphasized syllable.  Remember also that the accent goes over the vowel of the accented syllable.  For example: 

·      las albóndigas (meat balls); emphasis is on the third to last syllable, therefore an accent is needed over the “o.”

·      el capítulo (the chapter); emphasis is on the third to last syllable, therefore an accent is needed over the “i.”

·      la exploción (the explosion); emphasis is on the last syllable, but ordinarily it would be on the 2^nd to last syllable so an accent is needed over the “o” in the last syllable

 

In the course of conjugating verbs and adding pronouns  to the ends of infinitive verbs, the accented syllable remains the same whether there are trailing pronouns or not.

Comes                You eat                     Cómetelo      You eat it

Here the emphasis in “come” is already on the 2^nd to last syllable, so no accent is needed. However, when you add pronouns to the ends of verbs (e.g. infinitives or commands) the emphasis pattern on the verb doesn’t change, but because the verb is no longer the second to

last syllable, an accent is needed over the  first “o”

 

The opposite occurs with the verb “estar”

Tú estás              (You are)                  The emphasis is on the last syllable, so an accent over the “a” is needed. But

Estate tranquilo   (Be still)      The trailing pronoun “-te” makes the exmphasized syllable 2^nd to last in the sentence, so no accented is needed.

 

Capítulo 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsutPATWh6g

Si conoces los nombres de algunos de estos personajes, déjame saber.

(if you know the names of some of these characters, let me know.)

 

1.     Julieta y Elvis (con Paco,  y después Elena) (V)

2.     Gregória y Lupita (M)

3.     Javi y Madona y Fabián (G). Javi forgets that he had to work a shift at the restaurant with Emilia. Fabián is covering for him at the last minute. (The subtitles are not available in English for this scene).

Javi	¿Qué onda? ¿Llego tarde?	What wave/frequency? (??) I arrive late? (Am I late?)
Madona	¿Qué haces aquí?	What are you doing here?
Fabián	Te tocaba trabajar con Emilia. Lo escribimos en el chat	It was your turn to work with Emilia. We wrote it in the chat.
Javi	Neta? Hijole.  No, no creo. !Sí! Es cierto. Perdon, no se preocupen, ahorita le escribo a Emily. .Es que lo que pasa, es que los mensajes,  le pueden llegar muy tarde. Listo, ya esta, ?Eh?	<Really?> No, I don’t think so. Sí it’s true. Pardon me, don’t worry about it. Shorly I (will) write to Emily. What’s happening is that the messages they could be late getting to her. Ready. It’s done. eh?
Madona	Pues ya. Cómo que se te esta haciendo tarde pa’ (para) alcanzarla, no?	That’s it. How it is making itself late for you (It’s getting late for you) to reach her, no?
Javi	Ah, no, sorry. Lo que pasa es que le dije que aprovecho, adelanto un trabajo con ustedes y me reuno con ella	Ah no, sorry. What’s happening is that I told her I’ll make good use of, I’ll move forward a job (shift) with you all (I’ll do a shift with you all), and I’ll be back in sync with her.
	!Oye! Qué rico, galletas. Estas me encantan.	Listen (hey)! How delicious. Cookies. They delight me (I love them)
Madona	Son veganas, estas no te gustan.	These are vegan. You don’t like them
Javi	?Empezamos?	Shall we begin?

 

4.     Gregória y Lupi9ta . 2a parte (V)

5.     Mateo con Mili, y después Leticia (M)

6.     Elvis, Gregória, y Elton (G)

7.     Leticia y Mili, y Mateo (V)

8.     “El Descubrimiento” Elena y Julieta (M)

9.     Antonio y Catalina (G)

10.  Elena y Julieta 2a parte (V+M)