Spanish conjugation explanation
Subjunctive accent mark

Practice conjugations

<p>The <strong>first person plural</strong> verb forms in the imperfect (both variants) and future subjunctive tenses require an <strong>accent mark before the attached ending</strong> to keep the stress on the stem. For all the other forms, the stress is already on the stem (based on the rules of stress in the Spanish language - see further below).</p>

<p>Let's see how this works in practice (the verb forms of <span style="font-style: italic;">comer</span> are displayed below):</p>

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/20/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo (ra)</a>

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yo

</span>comiera

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tú

</span>comieras

</span>

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él

</span>comiera

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nosotros

</span>comiéramos

</span>

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vosotros

</span>comierais

</span>

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ellos

</span>comieran

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/57/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo (se)</a>

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yo

</span>comiese

</span>

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tú

</span>comieses

</span>

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él

</span>comiese

</span>

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nosotros

</span>comiésemos

</span>

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vosotros

</span>comieseis

</span>

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ellos

</span>comiesen

</span>

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/21/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Futuro subjuntivo</a>

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yo

</span>comiere

</span>

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tú

</span>comieres

</span>

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él

</span>comiere

</span>

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nosotros

</span>comiéremos

</span>

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<span><span class="study_conjugations_pronoun conjugation_pronoun">

vosotros

</span>comiereis

</span>

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<span><span class="study_conjugations_pronoun conjugation_pronoun">

ellos

</span>comieren

</span>

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<div class="conjugation_explanation_title">Stressed syllable</div>

<p>So, when is a syllable stressed? A syllable is always stressed if its vowel has an acute accent (´) over it. For all other words, the stressed syllable is determined by the last letter of the word:</p>

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<li>If the word ends in a <strong>vowel, <span style="font-style: italic;">-s</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">-n</span></strong>, the stress is on the <strong>second to last syllable</strong>.</li>

<li>If the word ends in a <strong>consonant other than <span style="font-style: italic;">-s</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">-n</span></strong>, the stress is on the <strong>last syllable</strong>.</li>

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