Stress / Accento TonicoUsually, Italian words are stressed on the next–to–the–last syllable.| amico | friend | | foglia | leaf | | Milano | Milan | | nipote | nephew | | padre | father | | parlare | to speak | | signorina | Miss | | studiare | to study | | telefonare | to telephone | | uomo | man |
When the final –e is dropped from a word, as happens with some masculine titles when they are directly followed by a proper name, the position of the stress remains unchanged.| dottore | doctor | | dottor Nardi | Doctor Nardi | | professore | professor | | professor Pace | professor Pace |
When words are stressed on the last vowel, they always have a written accent over that vowel| cioè | namely | | città | city | | perchè | because | | però | however | | tassì | taxi | | università | university | | venerdì | Friday | | virtù | virtue |
It is useful to remember that open e and o occur only in stressed syllables.| automobile | automobile | | medico | physician | | nobile | noble | | telefono | telephone |
Note: The written accent is used with a few monosyllables in order to distinguish them from others that have the same spelling but a different meaning.| dà | gives | | da | from | | è | is | | e | and | | là | there | | la | the; it; her | | né | nor | | ne | some | | sé | himself, herself | | se | if | | sì | yes | | si | oneself |
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