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Deborah · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: Imperfecto del subjontivo

We've been working on this tense a lot, recently (I even had a dream last night in which it figured heavily), but I have a question about where the stress falls in the words.

For example, in hubiera, I stress the e . But my teacher always sounds as if he's stressing the i. Yet when I ask him whether my pronunciation is correct, he says it is.

What do you think?

patriccke · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:16 am Post subject:

You're right: the stress is on the e :gg:

If it were on the i, bie would be split into 2 syllabes (hu-bi-e-ra). The stress not being on the regular syllabe it'd be written

Deborah · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:53 am Post subject:

Thanks, patriccke. I'm reassured.

Deborah · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

patriccke · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

In my Latin mind, I thought "The accent (we say accent/acento/accento for "stress") not being on the regular syllabe, it (the accent) would be written".

I should have said: the stress not being on the regular syllabe, there would be a written accent on the "i" (hubíera)

Is my new sentence correct?

Deborah · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

The first sentence is OK, although the second sentence is clearer. But I suppose what made me think that the first sentence wasn't finished was that there was no period at the end.

patriccke · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:09 am Post subject:

I often omit the period at the end of a paragraph. I know it's bad! :oops: