Accent Patterns Explanations

Accent PatternsTypes of AccentsPrimaryAl’exBob’bySecondarypal’pi tate’ep’i dem’ ican’ ti sep’ tic2 and 3 syllable wordsOn the first syllableAccent the root not the prefixwords with multiple meanings may change the accent based on the meaningnot on a final A4 syllable wordsAccent on the second syllable Special Patternsaccent the syllable just before the ending -ic and –ical-atein 3 syllable words accent the fist syllable and a secondary accent on the -atein 4 syllable words the second syllable has the accent with a secondary accent on the ate3+ syllab;e words ending in an ecross off the e and count back three vowels to find the accentEven when another suffix is added you count back three vowels from the e-tion, -sion, -cian,accent the syllable just before the --tion, -sion, -ciani will always be short before these suffixes-ityaccent the syllable accent the syllable just before the –ityLatin connectives accent falls on the syllable before the connective-ti-, -ci-, -xi-, -si-, -u-, -ol-, -ul-i will be a long e or a y soundu, ol, ul are always long-oon and -eer always have the accent