In Spanish, you can calssify words in another three groups.
Agudas - Llanas - Esdrújulas
It's all about the syllable with the most force.
Tílde: (in Spanish) A graphic sign that is written over a vowel.
á é í ó ú
Syllabe numbers - 1-2-3-4
Agudas: The last syllable has the most force. You add a tílde if the syllable finishes in N, S or a vowel.
Por ejemplo: Pez, Avión. Mamá. Señor. (Fish, Plane, Mom, Sir)
Llanas: The 3rd syllable has the most force. You add a tílde if the word doesn't end in n, a or a vowel
Por ejemplo: Lápiz, mesa. (Pencil, table)
Esdrújulas: The 2n syllable has the most force. We always put tílde in this type of words.
Por ejemplo: Pájaro, Cíclope. (Bird, Cyclope)
Also, the interrogative nouns like:
¿Qué? ¿Cuánto? ¿Cuándo? ¿Cómo? ¿Dónde? (What? How much? When? How? Where?)
Always have tílde.
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