Is the emphasis on the first or second syllable of "estas" in Spanish?
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In “Como estas?”, it’s on the second syllable, which should be accented.
How about in “Estas son casas” – these are houses? There is no accent the way it is written and it was pronounced with emphasis on first syllable, but I thought that the general rule of thumb is second unless there is an accent somewhere in the word….
I think the word should have been “estes” ... maybe “estas”; I’m not sure. And that would correctly place the accent on the first syllable.
The stress of the syllable is on the “as” in estas. You put a longer pronunciation in the last syllable, as is the main rule in most spanish words, unless there is an accent.
See that is what I thought… Hmm….
@mollypop51797 & @lilikoi, no, if the question is “These are houses?” then the word “estes” = “these” (which I believe to be the correct word) is NOT “estas”, which is “you are”.
Estes son casas? is, word for word:
These are houses?
Como estas? is, word for word:
How you are?
Spanish does have words, same as English, that “look the same” but are not. Just not so many.
Es-TÁS – are
ES-tas – them (fem)
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