Key learning points

1. Any vowel with a written accent is stressed. For words ending in vowels, -n or -s, stress the penultimate syllable.
2. For all other words, stress the final syllable.
3. Learning new vocabulary helps develop your understanding and comprehension.
4. Many Spanish infinitives end in -ar; they are called-ar verbs.
5. To say 'she, he' with -ar verbs, remove the -ar ending and add -a. To say 'they', remove the -ar ending and add -an.

Keywords

• Syllable - single unit of pronunciation, part of a word you can say in one beat

• Stress - pronouncing a syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word

• -ar verb - Spanish infinitive that ends in -ar

Common misconception