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Stress

All words in Spanish have one syllable that is pronounced with extra emphasis. This is called stress. An accent mark tells you which syllable should be stressed.

café
ca‑FE
teléfono
te‑LE‑fo‑no

If there is no accent mark, the second‑to‑last syllable usually receives the stress.

dinero
di‑NE‑ro
maleta
ma‑LE‑ta

Verbs

Remember that in Spanish, verbs change depending on the person.

yo necesito
necesitas
él / ella necesita
usted necesita

Notice that él, ella, and usted always have the same verb form, so we'll group them together from now on.

yo quiero
quieres
él / ella
usted
quiere
yo tengo
tienes
él / ella
usted
tiene