Accents

=EP.2 - Accents=

Why do Spanish words have accents?
Examples:
 * 1) For stress: correct pronunciation
 * 2) For meaning: to help tell the difference between words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings
 * Si and Sí: si means if, sí means yes
 * Había - the accent is for pronunciation

Are there accent rules?

 * 1) yes, but at this stage in learning Spanish you should just memorize the words with accents.

Links:
[|Accent Rules] [|Stress and accentuation]

Sources:
Gahala, Estella, Patricia Hamilton Carlin, Audrey L. Heining-Boynton, Ricardo Otheguy, and Barbara J. Rupert. __En EspañOl Level 1__. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2000.

Murrell, Leigh A. Personal interview. 06 June 2008.